> I know *someone* tried to make a language similar to lojban using
> the asian tonal system. This would certainly allow shorter
> utterances, since there are WAY more one-syllable sounds
> available... though it isn't really an improved grammar, just a
> different alphabet...
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> On Apr 7, 2010 2:14am, Oren <
get.oren@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 01:03, And Rosta
and.rosta@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >[* As I see it, the design problem has two parts. Both have to do
> >with finding ways to logically precise meanings concise enough to
> >be worth the effort of verbalizing. One part is to find a more
> >concise way of of encoding variables than standard predicate logic
> >notation and Lojban offer, given that in most propositions we
> >express (in natural language) there are many variables and each
> >variable tends to be argument of many predicates. The other part
> >is to devise an inventory of predicates that expand to more
> >complex logical structures.]
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> >I don't really see your case here; if one of the basic goals is to
> >be a useful human language, then I don't see any alternative to
> >predicate logic as two-dimensional representation of utterances.
> >Or, if there was one. it would seem inherently illogical due to
> >it's complexity. Could you (or anyone) expand this thought?
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