Re: Linguistics journals

[And Rosta <a.rosta@UCLAN.AC.UK>]

> And,
>
> This does not really apply to you, but what if someone wanted to do a
> diseration on the usability of Lojban for Computer use or AI? Not with
> you of course, but let say at MIT in the computer lab. There there seems
> to be some reason to look into it that way
>
> Thom Q

I hadn't thought of this sort of application.
Well: If I was asked to review a grant application for
research of this type, and if I wasn't the Lojban-supporter
I am, then I would want to see a well-made prima facie case
for expecting the research to be fruitful. E.g. what advantage
does Lojban have in this respect over ordinary predicate
logic notation. But someone could probably make such a case.
Furthermore, totally stupid, wheel-reinventing, crappy and
worthless research projects often get funding, as long as
they involve computers (and issue hollow promises of
deliverables), so irrespective of its intrinsic merits, a
cannily crafted grant proposal for reaearch on use of Lojban
in AI might well get funded.

--And.