[lojban] Re: benefits of separation between semantics and grammar

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 05:03:29AM -0000, jfm3jfm3jfm3 wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> .u'u I'm not ready to post in Lojban yet. I'm still in awe of it.
> 
> Lojban has unambiguous grammar. That is, we need not correctly guess
> the meaning of an utterance to understand how the utterance parses.

Right.

> This is obviously useful when talking to machines, but the literature
> I've read so far suggests that the engineers of Lojban were more
> interested in unambiguous grammar because of its implications in light
> of the SWH.

Yep.

> Is this still important to the Lojban community? 

It's not terribly important to me.

> Are there any Lojban speakers who can think quickly in Lojban? 

I can think slowly in Lojban.  :-)

> Does it make a difference?

Yes.

> Are there other benefits to be reaped from unambiguous grammar, aside
> from talking to machines simply and thinking clearly?

I have no idea.

-Robin

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