From pycyn@aol.com Fri Aug 10 08:21:44 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 10 Aug 2001 15:21:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 85275 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2001 15:20:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 10 Aug 2001 15:20:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-m09.mx.aol.com) (64.12.136.164) by mta2 with SMTP; 10 Aug 2001 15:20:58 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-m09.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31.9.) id r.110.3ad65df (3982) for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 11:20:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <110.3ad65df.28a555c9@aol.com> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 11:20:41 EDT Subject: Re: [lojban] Another preliminary note on Indirect Questions To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_110.3ad65df.28a555c9_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10531 From: pycyn@aol.com --part1_110.3ad65df.28a555c9_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/10/2001 12:38:27 AM Central Daylight Time, cowan@ccil.org writes: > So you think it impossible for a cat to know how many kittens it has? > > I think "linguistic" is le mot injuste. > I don't know about "impossible," she doesn't in fact, although she can tell that a bunch has the right number or too few (and maybe too many). But cats do engage in at least some linguistic activity and so probably know some things ("this is right number of kittens" for example). But, yes, it may not be the ideal word -- what would be a better one for this case? --part1_110.3ad65df.28a555c9_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/10/2001 12:38:27 AM Central Daylight Time,
cowan@ccil.org writes:


So you think it impossible for a cat to know how many kittens it has?

I think "linguistic" is le mot injuste.

I don't know about "impossible," she doesn't in fact, although she can tell
that a bunch has the right number or too few (and maybe too many).  But cats
do engage in at least some linguistic activity and so probably know some
things ("this is right number of kittens" for example). But, yes, it may not
be the ideal word -- what would be a better one for this case?
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