Re: LAhE and quantifiers

"And Rosta" <[email protected]> Fri, 8 Aug 2003 00:15:54 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.science.linguistics.lojban.jboske
Organization Livagian Consulate
Message-ID <007401c35d3a$29b32b00$a33c0751@oemcomputer>
John:
> Jorge Llamb?as scripsit:
> > {ro lu'a ko'a e ko'e} is equivalent to {ro lu'a ko'a ku'a ko'e},
> > each member of the intersection of ko'a and ko'e, and {ro lu'a
> > ko'a a ko'e} is equivalent to {ro lu'a ko'a jo'e ko'e}, each member
> > of the union of ko'a and ko'e.
> 
> Entering a belated protest to this. Logical connection, except for
> tanru logical connection, *always* factors out to the bridi level.
> So "ro lu'a ko'a .e ko'e" means "[li'o] ro lu'a ko'a [li'o] .ije
> [li'o] ro lu'a ko'e".

Noooo way! Ro precedes e so has scope over it. Yes, logical connection
always factors out to bridi level, but quantifiers export to a prenex
with scope over multiple bridi.

Otherwise the scope rule is fucked.

--And.