On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:02 PM, TR NS <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks. I have done that and began the work. Here is my progress: https://github.com/trans/lojban-sentinelsI wouldn't call "xau" a magic word because it doesn't have the properties of magic words, which are:(1) they modify practically any word (xau modifies only a small set of words)(2) the behavior of the resulting construct is independent of the choice of modified word (for xau it's strongly dependent on it).In your list of transformations you say that "coi ... do'u", becomes "coi ... xau coi", "co'o .... do'u" becomes "co'o ... xau co'o", and so on, but your proposed grammar change also allows "coi ... xau co'o", "co'o ... xau ki'e", and so on.Also, your new grammar is missing "xa'u". You need something like:KEhE-pre <- pre-clause (KEhE | XAhU | XAU KE) spaces?Some terminators however have more than one purpose. If you allow "xau lo" to always replace "ku", for example, then you will be allowing things like "na xau lo" for "na ku".In your first example:
.i mi cusku lu mi'e djan. li'u
.i mi cusku lu mi'e djan. xau lu
.i mi cusku lu mi'e djan. xa'u"xa'u" stands for "xau mi'e", not for "xau lu".
Although still early (no doubt some important magic interactions still need consideration) I am thinking of introducing proposal in a new thread.If you want magic words to give "xau" special treatment rather than treating it like any other non-magic word you will also need to tamper with the magic word grammar rules.mu'o mi'e xorxes--
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