Re: the one and only - counting and Uniques
John Cowan <[email protected]> Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:31:45 -0400
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Jorge Llamb?as scripsit:
> The quantifier {ropa} (CLL-approved contraction of ro je pa)
> can also be used. It has the advantage over {pa} that it will
> commute with other quantifiers, for example:
I would be happy to use ropa for li and for Mr. However, it is not
quite ro je pa.
ro -unicorn cu blabi .ije pa -unicorn cu blabi is not synonymous with
ropa -unicorn cu blabi, for the former only entails that there are su'o
unicorns, whereas the latter entails that there are [exactly] pa.
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Most languages are dramatically underdescribed, and at least one is
dramatically overdescribed. Still other languages are simultaneously
overdescribed and underdescribed. Welsh pertains to the third category.
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