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BPFK Super-Section: BAI sumtcita

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On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 wikidiscuss@lojban.org wrote:

> I'd like to work on coming up with a general template for
> non-special case BAI / SE BAI and BAI NAI. I think there are just
> those two cases.

I am of the reductionist opinion that dictionary entries for sequences =
of=20
multiple words, such as as SE BAI, BAI NAI, and SE BAI NAI (which you h=
ave=20
in BPFK Section: Causation sumtcita should be avoided. The meaning =
of=20

  • any* word sequence should be deduceable from either the CLL, or the=20

definitions of one of the cmavo. So, what I suggest is for the BAI=20
template to contain descriptions of swapped places and negations.=20
Something like this:

If preceded by "se", tags a sumti as fitting the 2nd place of rinka=
=2E If
followed by "nai", tags a sumti as not fitting the 2nd place of rin=
ka
or whatever you agreed that it meant.

If this gets too gnarly/unwieldly, I'm willing to keep the multi-word=20
dictionary entries.

--=20
Arnt Richard Johansen http://arj.nvg.org=
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Leser =ABCatcher in the Rye=BB. Skal bli fint =E5 bli ferdig med den s=E5=
jeg
f=E5r litt mer dopapir. --Erling Kagge: Alene til Sydpo=
len