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xod to Nick: > > > I hate this, because I think the status quo CLL gadri are > > > muddle-headed bozosities, and the Excellent Solution is pristine and > > > shiny > > Please remind me what the Excellent Solution is, or paste me a link to it? > I like things that are excellent I called it "an excellent solution". It is this: # So here is what xorxes and I agree on: # # set: lu'iro lu'ile lu'ila (=lo'i/le'i/la'i) # quantified: PA PAle PAla # substance: lu'oiro lu'oile lu'oila # collective: lu'oro lu'ole lu'ola (=(piro)loi/lei/lai) # 'unique': lu'airo lu'aile lu'aila # # Stuff still up in the air: # # * Is a gadri for Prototypical (or Representative Imaginary, or # whatever) logically sound? # If it isn't, then lo'e/le'e are short for lu'airo/lu'aile. # If it is, then CLL compatibility might argue for lo'e/le'e as # the Prototypical. [...] # I propose, as the solution that would allow the greatest # economy in usage conditioned only by considerations of # meaning, that bare lo/le/la should be interpreted as if # preceded by lu'oiro. # That would then give the following table of shortest forms: # # set: lo'i le'i la'i # quantified: PA PAle PAla # substance: lo le la # collective: loi lei lai # 'unique': lu'airo (~lo'e) lu'airole (~ le'e) lu'aila # # The default inner PA for bare lo/le/la would be tu'o. An overt # PA would change the interpretation from substance: # # quantified: loPA = su'oloPA lePA = rolePA # substance: lo(tu'o) le(tu'o) # # An indeterminable amount of prior usage would be invalidated, # but that is a small price to pay, because lo/le/la would at # last be assigned to a role where they would properly have highest # frequency. # # No new gadri would be required. And just 2 new LAhE would be # required. I would add that Nick subsequently persuaded me that Prototype *should* be included, so the proposal would need to add a LAhE for Prototype and decide whether lo'e/le'e go to Prototype or Unique. --And.