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Re: [jboske] putative tense scope effects (was: RE:ConcreteexamplesofLlambanl...



In a message dated 11/3/2002 1:56:08 PM Central Standard Time, xod@hidden.email writes:
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>>>plain le = ro da poi cmima le'i

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>>How sure are you of this?
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>completely



So, every time I utter le broda, I am making an existence claim?

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Well, I'm glad to hear someone say so.  & would probably claim that {ro} does not make an existence claim, though the implicit internal {su'o} does (and the fact that you  have picked them out). In any case, if there aren't any, the claim automatically goes to Untrue.

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Your definition includes le'i. Is le'i primitive, or does it include le?
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Neither on this view; both derive from {voi} (or any other pattern, thye are interdefinable).

Can someone remind what the problem is here?