From lojbab@lojban.org Tue Jul 17 09:32:31 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 17 Jul 2001 16:32:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 16953 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2001 16:32:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 17 Jul 2001 16:32:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-4.cais.net) (205.252.14.74) by mta3 with SMTP; 17 Jul 2001 16:32:16 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (169.dynamic.cais.com [207.226.56.169]) by stmpy-4.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f6HGWE272055 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:32:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010717122848.00b2deb0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:36:23 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Taxonomy In-Reply-To: <01071700541308.02684@neofelis> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010717000615.00c20130@127.0.0.1> <4.3.2.7.2.20010714112345.05411f00@127.0.0.1> <4.3.2.7.2.20010717000615.00c20130@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 12:52 AM 07/17/2001 -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote: >On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: > >That is precisely why places do not correspond to specific levels in the > >hierarchy. There is no specific meaning of "order" that identifies how > >many levels down or up it is within the tree. But when you talk about a > >specific Order, using a particular classification system, then you do know > >where it stands within the tree - whether there is a subphylum above it for > >example. > >I don't understand. Please give some examples of species, orders, etc. and >what >the places of jutsi refer to for them. I'm sorry, but I haven't any familiarity with the current state of biological classification for any particular species. My point is that the selbri works equally well for x1-species jutsi x2-genus x3-family x4 order as x1 subspecies jutsi x2 species x3 genus x4 family x5 suborder x6 order as x1 species jutsi x2 order 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