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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Jorge Llamb=EDas wrote:

> It seems we are dealing with two different issues:
>
> (1) Should the meaning of SE BAI NAI be deduceable from the
> meanings of its components, or could it have a fixed idiomatic
> meaning that is only more or less related to the meanings of
> the components?

I believe very strongly that anything must be deducable from the meanin=
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of the components. Lojban should be as idiom-free as possible; preferab=
ly=20
completely idiom-free.

> (2) Should compounds such as SE BAI NAI be listed as separate
> entries?
>
> ... Whether or not they are listed as separate entries is up to
> the dictionary editor.

Creating authoritative dictionary entries for cmavo is the responsibili=
ty=20
of the BPFK. Therefore, it is we who have to decide. And we should deci=
de=20
now, so that BAI sections can be as uniform as possible.

My opinion on this is not very strong; however I think that everything=20
related to one BAI cmavo should go in one place. While there are practi=
cal=20
disadvantages with readability, there are also practical *advantages* i=
n=20
that the user does not have to read through several different entries.

Not having separate dictionary entries for regularly derivable cmavo=20
compounds is also theoretically more orderly, since there is a risk tha=
t=20
the user sees a separate dictionary entry as implicating an idiomatic=20
meaning.

--=20
Arnt Richard Johansen http://arj.nvg.org=
/
The names of a species, empire, language, homeworld, homestar and so
on will all be self-evidently related; Ogrons come from Ogros,
Arisians come from Arisia, Arcturans come from Arcturus, and Humans no
doubt come from Humus. --Justin B. Rye in A Primer In SF Xenolinguistic=
s