Re: TECH: Quantifiers (was: cukta)

[Logical Language Group <lojbab@ACCESS.DIGEX.NET>]

mi pu cusku di'e

> > It does and it doesn't, because in the context "da poi ... da" the second
> > use of "da" has been restricted by the "poi".  So "poi" really sets a
> > domain, rather than selecting a subset. "ro da poi" = "all-of those-things
> > in-domain".

la .i,n. cusku di'e

> I'm not sure I understand the distinction you're making between setting
> a domain and selecting a subset - "all-of those-things in-domain" is
> a subset of "all-of those-things".

Saying "re le nanmu" selects a subset, in fact a 2-set, of the men-I-have-in-
mind, but "le nanmu" thereafter does not carry the selection with it.
The use of "poi", however, does not merely select a subset, but sets up a
pervasive restriction on the meaning of the sumti so restricted.

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