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On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, And Rosta wrote:
> Below is an attempt to summarize the range of meanings
> of operators and degree words that I perceive a need
> for, and a stab at indicating possible lexicalizations
> where I can think of any.
>
> If you can fill in the gaps and/or suggest better
> lexicalizations, this would be welcome.
>
> UNARY OPERATORS
>
> - : false
> 0 : sorta
> + : true
>
> - 0 +
> =====
> - 0 + ja'a
> + 0 - na
> - + - ja'a cu'i = na cu'i
> + + - na'e ja'a ku
> - + + na'e na ku
> + - + na('e?) ja'a cu'i = na('e?) na cu'i
Sorry, I don't understand any of that.
> DEGREES
>
> ja'a cai : very
> ja'a sai : fairly
> ja'a ru'e : barely
> na ru'e : almost
> na sai : fairly un-
> na cai : not at all
I've actually been using CAI directly on the words I want to modify.
> TYPES OF NEGATION OF DEGREE
>
> na('e?) <ja'a sai> : in degree that is other than <very>
> ?? : in degree that is less than
> ?? : in degree that is more than
>
> DEGREES OF JA'A CU'I
> ?? : sorta-but-closer-to-being-POS-than-NEG
> ?? : sorta-but-much-closer-to-being-POS-than-NEG
> ?? : sorta-but-somewhat-closer-to-being-POS-than-NEG
> ?? : sorta-but-slightly-closer-to-being-POS-than-NEG
> ?? : sorta-but-closer-to-being-NEG-than-POS
> ?? : sorta-but-much-closer-to-being-NEG-than-POS
> ?? : sorta-but-somewhat-closer-to-being-NEG-than-POS
> ?? : sorta-but-slightly-closer-to-being-NEG-than-POS
Numbers, man. Numbers.
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