From lojbab@lojban.org Sun Jun 24 16:56:47 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 24 Jun 2001 23:56:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 11323 invoked from network); 24 Jun 2001 23:56:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 24 Jun 2001 23:56:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-1.cais.net) (205.252.14.71) by mta3 with SMTP; 24 Jun 2001 23:56:46 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (dynamic231.cl8.cais.net [205.177.20.231]) by stmpy-1.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f5ONui550748 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 19:56:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010624200004.00e1bad0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 20:01:22 -0400 To: Subject: Re: [lojban] gismu thesaurus In-Reply-To: References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010613165929.00d295c0@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 11:21 PM 06/24/2001 +0100, And Rosta wrote: >Reading about botpi, kevna, et al. reminds me to wonder >whether we have a thesaurus-like gismu list sorted by >semantic category (ideally without bias to the x1). I >feel that that ought to be the primary reference >format, and constructing it would help to home in on >the core meaning of the gismu. > >I do remember that individuals have constructed thesauruses >(and Colin Fine made a keyword list for every gismu place), >but what is currently available along these lines? Colin's and others that have been constructed are all up on the Lojban web pages. No one has done a thesaurus not biased towards the x1 because we aren't entirely sure how to do it. 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