Re: [lojban] Re: x1 to the left

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Saturday 13 November 2010 10:28:29 Ian Johnson wrote:
> If you're using place structure, you're inevitably going to "discriminate"
> against some word order that is standard in some natlang. After all, there
> are 6 different ones: SVO, SOV, VSO, VOS, OVS, OSV. Lojban without FA or SE
> is SVO.

Lojban can do SVO and SOV equally well. Unlike natlangs, however, it doesn't 
have a small number of places for arguments that are usually assigned to 
subject, direct object, and indirect object; rather, it has an indefinite 
sequence of places. x3 of dunda corresponds to the indirect object, but there 
is no way x3 of mlafi'e (the side that has two eyes) could be called an 
indirect object.

Pierre
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