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RE: [lojban] Re: [jboske] RE: Anything but tautologies



Jorge:
> (Another possibility
> might be to postulate that every predicate is cyclical, so that
> after the last place, places start repeating for the same arguments.
> So in a predicate with 3 places x4=x1, x5=x2, and so on. This
> sometimes could simplify the reordering of places.)

This is a good suggestion, because it gives useful interpretations
to well-formed grammatical structures that previously lacked them,
while also enhancing the range of expressive possibilities (i.e.
the range of unmarked word orders).


--And.