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[lojban] 'nai' and .UI and ambiguity
From: "Adam Raizen" <araizen@newmail.net>
Since 'nai' has more uses than just within an indicator phrase,
allowing it anywhere would cause ambiguity, since in some cases
we wouldn't know whether it's negating an unspecified .UI or serving
some other role.
Speaking of which, how are we to interpret the pattern
broda je ge'e nai brode
Does the 'nai' polarly negate the indicator, or does it pick up after
the indicator ends and contradictorily negate brode? The parser
doesn't answer this by fiat, since it doesn't seem to analyze within
the "je ge'e nai" phrase.
co'o mi'e adam
Adam Raizen
araizen@newmail.net
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