Grammar

Lojban has an unambiguous grammar based on the principles of logic. This grammar is a fundamental part of what makes Lojban the language it is. As a consequence, it has received careful study and criticism.

An unambiguous grammar is formal and regular. There is a single, unambiguous structure (called a parse tree) resulting from any text. Lojban grammar does not specify semantics. The meaning of any particular parse tree is outside the scope of the grammar.

History

 

Official Grammar

 

• Lojban Formal Grammars
• BPFK Section: Formal Grammar, a proposal to define the Lojban formal grammar in PEG.

 

PEG

 
.alyn.post. is working on a proposal for a 4th baseline for the Lojban machine grammar, replacing the YACC specification with PEG.

Main Article: PEG

 

Implementations of a Lojban grammar

 

• Official Parser
• camxes
• jbogenturfa'i?
• jbofi'e

 

Detailed Discussion

 
The following pages contain technical details and discussion concerning Lojban's grammar:

• Magic Words
• gerna tecyvla

 

Further Reading

 

• Grammar errata?

 

See Also

 

• Morphology
• Typography
• Semantics
• Dictionary
• Terminology
• Lojban in perspective

 

Uncategorized Material

 
The following material relates to Lojban's grammar but has not yet been reviewed for curation:

• zasni gerna
  • zasni gerna cenba vreji
• MEX grammar proposal
• NFA
• context free grammar?
• CFG
• LR
• LALR(1) grammar
• Lojban and Computer Science
• Number subgrammar
• Annotated machine grammar
• jboske (Lojbanology)
• type 4 fu'ivla
• elidable terminator
• WordResolutionAlgorithm

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