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Re: [jboske] la, lai, me



pycyn@hidden.email scripsit:

> > The example in CLL is:
> > 
> >     la BALtazar cu me le ci nolraitru
> >     Balthazar is one of the three kings.
> Why repeat that strange {me} in the explanation?  Surely just {du} does it.

No, that asserts that the name "Balthazar" and "the three kings" are
co-referential.

The Randall Holmes "me" means "x1 is among the referents of the governed
sumti", and so is not referentially transparent.

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