Lojban In General

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 22:53, <MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com> wrote:

> One of the aims of NSM (and a minor one, I think) is to find the semantic
> primitives of language(s).
> The main aim is to use those primitives in defining non-primitive terms.
> This is done with "explications", or scenario-like quasi-definitions that
> give much more information about the real meaning of a word than standard
> definitions do. These explications also allow comparison of different
> words, in particular, synonyms, to see precisely in what way the words'
> meanings are different.
>

That's on the level of a more detailed definition. It can still capture only
an approximation all the usage in all possible scenarios that any fluent
speaker knows intuitively.

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Adam Raizen <adam.raizen@gmail.com>
Timendi causa est nescire.