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Re: Two different opposites (again)

From:John Quijada <jq_ithkuil@...>
Date:Sunday, May 9, 2004, 22:59
Carsten Becker wrote:

>From: Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote: ><<<<< >know <-> not know >know <-> unknow (forget) >do <-> not do >do <-> undo >This seems more like the three points of a triangle >than the two endpoints of a single spectrum. >Yet in >other cases these two different opposites really mean >about the same thing: >welcome <-> not welcome >welcome <-> unwelcome >happy <-> not happy >happy <-> unhappy >>>>> > >This seems to be an interesting feature for a conlang. But is this >distinction at least a little naturalistic? I'd like to include this in >Ayeri, but I'm not sure because of my doubts. Ayeri is nearly as regular >and unambiguous like a loglang, but nevertheless is thought to be a
spoken,
>naturally evolved language.
_______________________________ This looks like trying to address as a 3-way distinction what is actually a 4-way distinction between positive, negative, opposite, and complement, a distinction addressed ad nauseum in Ithkuil... John Q.