Re: [lojban] Another preliminary note on Indirect Questions

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

pycyn@aol.com scripsit:
> It seems a stupid point, but indirect questions are by definition questions 
> in indirect discourse.  Consequently *they* can only occur as arguments of 
> predicates of linguistic activity, where it would be possible to use direct 
> discourse -- a quote -- instead.  

So you think it impossible for a cat to know how many kittens it has?

I think "linguistic" is le mot injuste.

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
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