Re: [lojban] Gerunds, infinitives and other technicalities

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

On 27 July 2011 17:29, Escape Landsome <escaaape@gmail.com> wrote:
> In fact, the Question is a processus of seeking, notably the meaning
> of things, the sense of life...   The Answer is both the answers to
> this Question-processus, and the processus by which the answers are
> found and formulated.

This is related to my point on the "xu dai" thread. "Question" can
mean things of different modes. It can mean a logical subject, or a
linguistic construct, or a mental operation, or a physical activity.
It can mean a process of seeking an answer, yes, but then "asking"
would be redundant; "asking the question" would then mean "asking a
particular (process of) answer-seeking from someone".

An answer to a question-as-a-process would differ from an answer to a
question-as-a-logical-subject. I'm not sure what the former could be.
A *solution* to a question-as-a-process would more make sense, though:
ex. koha is having a problem formulating a question, and kohe suggests
a solution for that situation.

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