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xorxes:
> Each new ExSol is getting more ecellent that the previous one!
Phew! It would be very dispiriting if it had not received your
approbation!
> I have a couple of minor suggestions:
>
> >3. Either lV is gadrow for Kind and lVi is gadrow for Jbomass, or
> >vice versa. It's hard to say which is more compatible with SL,
> >but lVi for Kind and lV for Jbomass is more compatible with the
> >bits of SL that are not a mess. In exx below I will use lo for
> >Jbomass and loi for Kind (in a reversal from 2nd Ex Sol), but
> >this assignment is not part of the proposal, which is neutral
> >between the two alternative assignments
>
> I prefer the opposite assignment. I have the lVi-collective
> connection too internalized already to give it up easily
> Also, I think Kind deserves the least marked form
I feel the same.
> >13. {PA lo broda} = PA members of the collective expressed by
> >{lo broda}
> >{PA loi broda} = PA Kinds of the Kind expressed by {loi broda}
>
> I would like:
>
> 13. {PA loi broda} = PA Collectives expressed by {loi broda}
> {PA lo broda} = PA Kinds of the Kind expressed by {lo broda}
>
> It would not make sense to use PA when {loi broda} is
> {loi ro broda} or {loi tu'o broda}, but quantifying
> over collectives is useful in other cases: {ro loi re broda}
> would be "every pair of brodas"
>
> We already have piPA to get to the members. Additionally, we
> could get to the members with PAfi'u(ro):
>
> {PAfi'u(ro) loi broda}: PA members of the collective expressed
> by {lo broda}
So my {PA loi ro} = your {PA lo pa}.
For me, {PA loi pa} is nonsense. For you, {PA loi ro} is nonsense.
Yes, okay. I prefer your suggestion.
> >17. {PA broda} = {PA lo broda}, which in most contexts would
> >be glorked as {PA lo ro broda}
>
> This becomes:
>
> {PA broda} = {PAfi'u(ro) loi broda}
Okay.
> >The same goes for {piPA broda}
>
> I would reserve {piPA broda} for {piPA loi pa broda}, fraction
> of individual, but this need further thought. I'm not sure
> whether it is compatible with the rest
I need to think about it more too.
--And.