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

In a message dated 11/5/2002 6:16:55 PM Central Standard Time, a.rosta@hidden.email writes:
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It's not easy to do. I'm probably missing an obvious solution,
but here's my unobvious one:

le'i ci nanmu goi ko'a fa'u ko'e fa'u ko'i ku xi pa
-map-1-to-1
le'i ci ninmu goi fo'a fa'u fo'e fa'u fo'i ku xi re
tu'o ka ce'u xi pa prami ce'u xi re

Something like this problem is discussed on the Jeeg and Talen
page in pc's quoted comments in the Loglanist.

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Precise but not very colloquial.  And, of course, it won't work if two of the guys happen to love the same gal.  I think the thing to do is wait to atttach namely riders at a point where instantiation is appropriate, i.e., where there is no overriding quantifier.