Re: A question and introduction

Andy Canivet scripsit:

> Interesting - I don't know much about Lojban, but it sounds as if the
> "scalarity" of the negation really depends on context.  Although the most
> obvious conclusion from "I see a non-cat" is that I see something which is
> not a cat but which is near enough to a cat for me to describe it with
> reference to "cat" and not some other object <gasp>. However, couldn't my
> toaster, or really any extant object other than a cat be a non-cat?
Yes, if you can hypothesize a sufficiently whacky scale that has
both cats and toasters on it.

> negating the quality of whiteness (adjective), rather than the object
> itself.
In Lojban nouns, verbs, and adjectives are all one class, so it's
really "I see a non- white:object": "white" is a noun.

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