Re: [lojban] Re: assignment affected by context

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you sure that {na} isn't somehow special in this regard (since it is
> special in several other regards)?

In what way is it special? If you don't like "na", try any other
operator with scope over the quantifier, such as:

  ro mi'o pinxe pimu lo djacu goi ko'a
  "Each of us drank half of the water (from now on referred to as "ko'a")"

or:

  mi ka'e pinxe pimu lo djacu goi ko'a
  "I could drink half of the water (from now on referred to as 'ko'a')"


>Also, the definition of {lo} involves
> {zo'e}, which means that the context of the sentence may affect the referent
> of {lo djacu}, no?

Yes, whatever referent "lo djacu" has is the one that gets assigned to "ko'a".

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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