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To: Ivan A Derzhanski <iad@MATH.BAS.BG>
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Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Beyond Whorf: "things," "qualities," and the origin of nouns and adjectives
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On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Ivan A Derzhanski wrote:

> Still, there is a line:
> `beautiful girl' is _sz=E9p l=E1ny_, not *_l=E1ny sz=E9p_ -- the less
> nouny item (beauty) must modify the more nouny one (girlhood).

Hmm. Are there general adj. ordering relations in H. as in English ("great
green dragon", *"green great dragon")?

--=20
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
C'est la` pourtant que se livre le sens du dire, de ce que, s'y conjuguant
le nyania qui bruit des sexes en compagnie, il supplee a ce qu'entre eux,
de rapport nyait pas. -- Jacques Lacan, "L'Etourdit"