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Mike S., On 31/08/2012 02:48:
Did you and And decide on a way to say "but"?
No. My sense is that it should be an illocutionary, and that there should be a way to make illocutionaries out of predicates, because an open class of illocutionaries is needed. Well, I say illocutionary, but strictly speaking "but" is not performing an action (as illocutionaries do); rather it is expressing contrast, but outside the scope of any illocutionary. E.g. "He is poor but happy" means "I-state he is poor and happy; poverty and happiness contrast". Probably we need something like this: XX = unary discourse markers, outside scope of illocutionary: XX includes a contrast-marking particle "he is poor but happy" "contrast and poor happy" C-V = binary discourse marker, where V binds variable in first formula and first formula ascribes property (e.g. of being mindblowing) to second formula.
I haven't been following all the CV'V stuff. Now that "nu" has been created, I was wondering how that would work with 'but': je klma'a nu klme'e I am going and you are or are not going. =I'm going and maybe you too. j[but] klma'a nu klme'e =I'm going but you may be not going. =I'm going but maybe you not. je nu klme'e klma'a You are or are not going and I am going. You may be going, and I am going. -- not sure if this sounds right. j[but] nu klme'e klma'a You may be not going, but I am. Any ideas on that? Has that been covered?
I think "nu" does not mean "maybe". I need reminding what the point of the truth and tautology operators is.... --And.