From lojbab@lojban.org Fri Jun 15 02:34:31 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 15 Jun 2001 09:34:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 82642 invoked from network); 15 Jun 2001 09:34:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 15 Jun 2001 09:34:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-2.cais.net) (205.252.14.72) by mta3 with SMTP; 15 Jun 2001 09:34:30 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (143.dynamic.cais.com [207.226.56.143]) by stmpy-2.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f5F9YT535095 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 05:34:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010615053835.00e06100@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 05:39:50 -0400 To: Subject: Re: [lojban] Attitudinals again (was: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis In-Reply-To: References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010614152905.00dca460@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 03:41 PM 06/14/2001 -0400, Invent Yourself wrote: >On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: > > >You displayed it through the use of "gleki". > > > > No. He CLAIMED it - he might have done so in a monotone, and he might have > > falsely claimed it. Assertions can be true or false. Emotional displays > > simply ARE. > >With a fake smile or a contrived tantrum, emotional displays can be >faked. They are assertions of ones feelings, no? Lojban design does not recognize the possibility of false attitudinals. Hopefully it will never need to. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org