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RE: [txeqli] Re: Structure Words



Rob:
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 08:16:00PM +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> > But I'd also query the idea that predicates are a very specific
> > grammatical class. I'm not sure which class Rob means, since
> > there isn't a class in Lojban called 'predicates'.
> 
> Lexeme BRIVLA.
> 
> I'm simply avoiding using Lojban jargon.

I realized that was the reason.

BRIVLA is, as you know, not a morphological class; a crude
inspection of phonological form is not sufficient to show
whether something is a brivla. And cmavo can, in principle 
if not in practice, belong to BRIVLA.

But, quibbling apart, I accept the basic point that BRIVLA
is a coherent word-class. I just don't think too much
should be made of a dichotomous division between BRIVLA
on the one hand and all other selmaho (wordclasses) on the
other.

--And.