From: And Rosta <and.rosta@gmail.com>
To: lojban@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2012 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Is there any real diffrence between hope (.a'o) and desire (.au)?
la gleki, On 02/09/2012 18:17:
> On Sunday, September 2, 2012 9:07:24 PM UTC+4, la .lindar. wrote:
>
> Who will discuss semantics primes if not us? Any forum you are aware of? I'm afraid they are discussed nowhere.
>
>
> Guaspi? Any other conlang group?
Engelang is the best place. You might find only a couple of people interested in discussing semantic primitives from a conlanging perspective, but that'sstill the aptest place.
> What is more, in this case I have a clear feeling that {.a'o} *is* a
> prime. But probably it's only my philosophy.
A couple of people (xorxes? selpa'i?) have pointed out that hope is desideration when the desiderator does not know whether the desideratum is the case. So although hope is a cognitively and experientially salient mindstate, it is not primitive.
--And.
--
You received this message because you
are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group.
To post to this group, send email to
lojban@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+
unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.