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Re: [jboske] lo/le definition



At 12:17 PM 1/8/03 -0500, Invent Yourself wrote:
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Bob LeChevalier-Logical Language Group wrote:
> Nora observes that since the ultimate definition of lo broda and le broda
> pertains to things that fill the x1 of broda, and since for various broda,
> the x1 place is expressed as individuals, sets, masses, and what have you,
> then le/lo manifestly MUST be ambiguous amongst those meanings, regardless
> of the specified default quantifiers and what people have deduced from the
> assignment of such quantifiers.


This is a strange argument. Who says that lo broda must be meaningful for
any conceivable sumti place?


Well "lo xe munje" isn't meaningful, but if a place actually is defined in a place structure then the "lo SE broda corresponding to that place is any referent that can veridically fill the place".

lojbab

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