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Re: terminators
>>>>> "Robin" == Robin Turner <robin@BILKENT.EDU.TR> writes:
Robin> Je *ne* le crois *pas*
Robin> If "pas" isn't a terminator here, I'd like to know what is!
But "pas" is unlike Lojban terminators, in the sense that "pas"
carries a meaning in itself, while Lojban terminators are purely
syntactical markers which carry no intrinsic meaning.
Comparing:
Je *ne* le crois *pas*.
with:
Je *ne* le crois *jamais*.
I wouldn't say *pas* and *jamais* are (purely syntactic) terminators.
I'd rather consider "ne ... pas" and "ne ... jamais" to be
circumpositions.