John Woldemar Cowan

Name: The Complete Lojban Language — Chapter 20 - Putting It All Together: Notes on the Structure of Lojban Texts
Author: John Woldemar Cowan

The Complete Lojban Language — Chapter 20 - Putting It All Together… (1997)

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“The Complete Lojban Language — Chapter 20 - Putting It All Together: Notes on the Structure of Lojban Texts”, published in 1997, is a work by John Woldemar Cowan. It explores elements such as selbri, sumti and bridi.

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John Woldemar Cowan, The Complete Lojban Language — Chapter 20 - Putting It All Together… (1997)

“ Separates two logically or non-logically connected sumti, tanru units, bridi-tails, or other things, when the prefix is a forethought connective involving GA, GUhA, or JOI.
ge la djan. nanmu gi la djeimyz. ninmu (It is true that) both John is a man and James is a woman.
selma'o GIhA (Chapter 14) Specifies a logical connective (e.g. “and”, “or”, “if”) between two bridi-tails: a bridi-tail is a selbri with any associated following sumti, but not including any preceding sumti. ”

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“ The green thingy is large. The red thingy is small.
selma'o CEhE (Chapter 14, Chapter 16) Joins multiple terms into a termset. Termsets are used to associate several terms for logical connectives, for equal quantifier scope, or for special constructs in tenses.
mi ce'e do pe'e je la djan. ce'e la djeimyz. cu pendo I [,] you [joint] and John [,] James are-friends-of. I am a friend of you, and John is a friend of James.
selma'o CO (Chapter 5) When inserted between the components of a tanru, inverts it, so that the following tanru unit modifies the previous one. ”

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John Woldemar Cowan, The Complete Lojban Language — Chapter 20 - Putting It All Together… (1997)

“ In particular, attached to single-vowel cmavo to make words for vowel letters.
.abu .ebu .ibu .obu .ubu .ybu a, e, i, o, u, y.
selma'o BY (Chapter 17) Words representing the letters of the Lojban alphabet, plus various shift words which alter the interpretation of other letter words. Terminated by BOI.
.abu tavla .by le la .ibymym. skami A talks-to B about-the of-IBM computers. A talks to B about IBM computers.
selma'o CAI (Chapter 13) Indicates the intensity of an emotion: maximum, strong, weak, or not at all. Typically follows another particle which specifies the emotion. ”

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“ Converts a selbri, rearranging the order of places by exchanging the x1 place with a specified numbered place.
le zarci cu se klama mi The market is-gone-to by me. Also used in constructing connective and modal compound cmavo.
selma'o SEI (Chapter 19) Marks the beginning of metalinguistic insertions which comment on the main bridi. Terminated by SEhU.
la frank. prami sei gleki [se'u] la djein. Frank loves (he is happy) Jane.
selma'o SEhU (Chapter 19) Elidable terminator for SEI and SOI. Ends metalinguistic insertions.
la frank. prami sei gleki se'u la djein. ”

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John Woldemar Cowan, The Complete Lojban Language — Chapter 20 - Putting It All Together… (1997)

“ When suffixed to a number or string of letter words, produces a free modifier which serves as an index number within a text.
pamai mi pu klama le zarci 1-thly, I [past] go to-the market. First, I went to the market.
selma'o MAhO (Chapter 18) Produces a mathematical operator from a letter or other operand. Terminated by TEhU. See VUhU.
ma'o fy. boi xy. [operator] f x f (x)
selma'o ME (Chapter 5, Chapter 18) Produces a tanru unit from a sumti, which is applicable to the things referenced by the sumti. ”

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John Woldemar Cowan, The Complete Lojban Language — Chapter 20 - Putting It All Together… (1997)

“ Hesitation noise: content-free, but holds the floor or continues the conversation. It is different from silence in that silence may be interpreted as having nothing more to say.
doi .y. .y. .djan O, uh, uh, John! ”

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John Woldemar Cowan, The Complete Lojban Language — Chapter 20 - Putting It All Together… (1997)

“ Elidable terminator for KE. Marks the end of a grouping.
ta ke melbi cmalu ke'e nixli ckule That is-a- ( pretty little ) girl school. That is a school for girls who are pretty in their littleness.
selma'o KI (Chapter 10) When preceded by a tense or modal, makes it “sticky”, so that it applies to all further bridi until reset by another appearance of KI. When alone, eliminates all sticky tenses.
selma'o KOhA (Chapter 7) A general selma'o which contains all cmavo which can substitute for sumti. These cmavo are divided into several groups. ”

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