Re: Disambiguation of arg ument reference

Josh Roth scripsit:

> Multiple items can be questioned in one sentence ... imagine someone's being
> told what 5 different people are reading, and gets confused - they may then
> ask "Ok, who's reading what?" If I see someone with a dozen hamburgers and
> hot dogs, and ketchup and mustard, I may ask, "What are you putting on what?"
> It's not the most common thing, but it is acceptable for me.
Me too.

ObConlang:  Lojban specifically handles this case of multiple questions,
and multiple answers too:

A.  ma klama ma ma
    What is-going to-what from-what?

B.  mi le zdani le zarci
    I, the home, the marketplace

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