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Re: [jboske] The two lo'es (was: essentials of a gadri system)



On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Jorge Llambías wrote:

>
> la and cusku di'e
>
> > CLL-lo'e must involve some scope-sensitive typicality operator.
> > In that case, we would say "lo'e cinfo is intestinated by something short",
> > but not "something short intestinates lo'e cinfo".
>
> OK, that makes more sense.
>
> In that case, CLL-lo'e (lo'e1) could perhaps be defined in terms
> of Kind-lo'e (lo'e2) as something like:
>
>     lo'e1 broda = lo'e2 broda na'oku
>
> CLL-lo'e = Kind plus typicality.
>
> If so, isn't the restricted CLL-lo'e a waste of cmavo? A Kind-lo'e could
> include CLL-lo'e and easily and accurately specify its restricted
> application with {na'o} when so required:
>
>     lo'e cinfo na'o xabju le friko
>     Lions typically live in Africa.


But this na'o doesn't add the definitionality implied by lo'e'e.



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