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Re: connectives



--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, Rex May - Baloo <rmay@m...> wrote:
> For connectives I want all the logic and versatility of Loglan, but 
of
> course they can't be in the shape V.  Rather than try to ape the 
rather
> elegant simple list of vowels, though, I think I want a K-series.
> 
> kay (Loglan e) and
> kor (Loglan seems to have no equivalent) or, but not both
> kaw (Loglan a) or, and maybe both
> konli   (Loglan o) if and only if
> kumu  (Loglan u) whether or not
> bukaw (Loglan noa) implies
> and, of course
> bebukaw (pron. beh-BOO-cow) if

I reread my Loglan discussion of "noa". Several times. I'm hanging on 
by a thread of comprehension, but I'm okay with "bukaw" and 
therefore "bebukaw".

> 
> the latter two are very Loglanish in form and structure, and I do 
think I
> want to preserve that logic-ish aspect of Loglan in ceqli.
> 
> Now, the word 'and', I think, can be modified by putting it into 
compounds.

Do you mean logical compounds, or compound predicates? Example?

> More to come. Reactions?
> 

Loglan's architecture is solid. Let's borrow!

---K