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PEG Morphology Algorithm

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> Jorge Llambías wrote:
> > --- John E Clifford wrote:
> >
> >>>{me la'o gy Turquoise gy} applies to a person
> >>>named Turquoise.
> >>
> >>Well, assuming (usually erroneously)that {me} has
> >>some fixed meaning, it should mean "x1 is an
> >>instance of the word "turquoise." I think your
> >>change is more useful (certainly that "is a paet
> >>of the word"). Still not a very good solution.
> >
> >
> > No, no, la'o gy Turquoise gy is not the word
> > "turquoise", it's the one *named* "turquoise".
> > {zoi} is for quoting foreign words/texts.
> > {la'o} is for referring to someone or something
> > named with a foreign word/text. {la'o} is like {la},
> > {zoi} like {zo}.
>
> Or in other words, as I said elsewhere, "la'o" is "la'e zoi".

No, not the same thing. {la'e zoi} uses the meaning of the
quoted word. {la'o} only uses the word as a label.

mu'o mi'e xorxes





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