[lojban] Re: LA/LO/LE: Three Perspectives on Language

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 9/3/08, Brett Williams <mungojelly@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> OK so help me dig deeper into what the real distinction is between the
> LA-space and the LO-space..

I think you got it right: with {la} a word labels the thing(s) we want
to talk about directly, with {lo} a word labels the box in which we put
the thing(s) we want to talk about.

But that's how la/lo work, it doesn't really tell us which words are
suitable labels for which things or for which boxes.

> We relate to
> the LA-space by filling it with lots of names of people, some
> names of places, and not much else.

I guess pets are an extension of "people". There are also company and
brand names, some events, dates or periods of time, ships, ... I guess
anything with enough individuality usually gets a name.

> In putting together the Amber dracyselkei, I've been imagining these
> characters I'm calling the "crida".  The crida speak Lojban with a
> distinctive style.  For instance, they like the construction: "lo lo lo
> broda ku brode ku brodi".

Obviously non-human. Such "center embedded" phrases are notoriously
hard for humans to parse: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_embedding>

> I'm also considering having them use LA-space for
> some different things, like for instance naming an emotion "xrerx" and then
> describing someone who's feeling it as "lo cinmo be la .xrerx."

That's more human-friendly.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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