From xod@thestonecutters.net Fri Apr 04 07:31:01 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_5); 4 Apr 2003 15:31:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 53422 invoked from network); 4 Apr 2003 15:31:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 4 Apr 2003 15:30:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Apr 2003 15:30:59 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 191T9f-0005qo-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 04 Apr 2003 07:30:59 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 191T9K-0005pa-00; Fri, 04 Apr 2003 07:30:38 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 04 Apr 2003 07:30:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 191T8x-0005kP-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2003 07:30:15 -0800 Received: from granite.thestonecutters.net (localhost.thestonecutters.net [127.0.0.1]) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.12.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h34FUBa5095731 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:30:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id h34FUB0g095728 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:30:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) X-Authentication-Warning: granite.thestonecutters.net: xod owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:30:11 -0500 (EST) To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: 'Not' and Negation in Lojban (and Other Artificial Languages) In-Reply-To: <12e.272746db.2bbeee5d@aol.com> Message-ID: <20030404102916.H95645-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 4724 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Invent Yourself Reply-To: xod@thestonecutters.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=110189215 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 Jlsperanza@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently researching H. P. Grice's dictum, in 'Logic and Conversation', > that there are divergences between 'not' and '~' (Studies in the Way of > Words, p. 22), and wonder if a specific study has been done on the different > ways of expressing negation (or translating Latin 'non', or English 'not') in > the various 'artificial languages', including Lojban. Any lead will be much > appreciated. > > Cheers, > > JL > J L Speranza > jlsperanza@aol.com You might like to start at http://www.lojban.org/publications/reference_grammar/chapter15.html and feel free to inquire if you have any more questions. -- In an opinion poll conducted in early March by Zogby, 97% of Saudis said they had an unfavorable opinion of the US. "I think that underestimates it," said Awardh Badhi, a political scientist with the Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies.