From phma@webjockey.net Sat Feb 16 15:14:57 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_2); 16 Feb 2002 23:14:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 18057 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2002 23:14:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m6.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 16 Feb 2002 23:14:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO neofelis.ixazon.lan) (208.150.110.21) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Feb 2002 23:14:56 -0000 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id CC5E63C47A; Sat, 16 Feb 2002 18:14:52 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Linguistic universals and Lojban Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 18:14:51 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <02021602162704.02774@neofelis> In-Reply-To: <02021602162704.02774@neofelis> X-Spamtrap: fesmri@ixazon.dynip.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <0202161814510C.02774@neofelis> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com From: Pierre Abbat X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=92712300 Here's the 231st: If constituent order is rigid (or if there is no case inflection), then the gradation of adjectives is expressed by function words; if constituent order is flexible (or if there is case inflection), then the gradation of adjectives is expressed inflectionally. If I understand this correctly, constituent order is semirigid in Lojban; there is an order such that cases need not be marked. There is no case inflection; rather, cases are marked by words preceding the sumti. But the gradation of "adjectives" is expressed by suffixes (-mau, -me'a, -rai). Am I misunderstanding the rule, or does Lojban violate the rule? phma