Re: [lojban] Dumb answers to good questions

["Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <lojbab@lojban.org>]

At 07:42 PM 9/24/01 -0400, pycyn@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/24/2001 5:39:42 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> lojbab@lojban.org writes:
> > >And anyway, lojban marks other things 'structurally' rather than by 
> > attaching
> > >cmavo. An example is quantifier scope -- an interesting example, because
> > >several years ago we had big discussions about adding cmavo to mark scope
> > >and the proposals fizzled out for lack of advocates.
> >
> > "That's the way JCB did it". For more details, I defer to pc.
>
> Who is staying out of this because 1) he doesn't see a lot of point to it 
> once we have half a dozen ways to give contrastive value to one part over 
> another 2) the issue seem entirely rhetorical, not logical 3) he doesn't 
> understand (nor care much about) the distinctions being made as they are 
> made 4) he can't remember or find any precedents on the issue beyond those 
> already raised by some and dismissed by  others on some grounds or 
> other.  JCB mainly used the equivalent of {ba'e} as far as I can remember 
> -- and his {ba'e} could be very loud indeed.

I was referring to the quantifier scope issue, not the focus issue.

lojbab
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