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More Wind from the North
- To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
- Subject: More Wind from the North
- From: Ivan A Derzhanski <cbmvax!uunet!COGSCI.ED.AC.UK!iad>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1992 12:10:33 BST
- In-Reply-To: John Cowan's message of Thu, 18 Jun 1992 12:43:21 EDT <24747.9206181727@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Reply-To: Ivan A Derzhanski <cbmvax!uunet!COGSCI.ED.AC.UK!iad>
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!CUVMB.BITNET!pucc.Princeton.EDU!LOJBAN>
> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 12:43:21 EDT
> From: John Cowan <cowan%snark.thyrsus.com%cbmvax@NET.UU.UUNET>
>
> > Note that this makes {ma} equivalent to {makauxici'i}.
>
> How's that again? "kau" marks an indirect question of some level; no
> amount of levels will create a direct question.
The subscript of the {... kau} shows at what level the information is
requested, counting inside out. A direct question is semantically
equivalent to an indirect question embedded in a performative oof the
form "I hereby want to know <...>".
Ivan