Re: Contradictory negation

Em Fri, 27 Sep 2002 11:52:43 -0400, John Cowan <jcowan@...> escreveu:

>         ro gerku na blabi
>         all dog [false] white
>
> does not mean "All dogs are not white" but rather "It is false that all dogs
> are white", i.e. "Not all dogs are white", i.e. "Some dogs are not white".
>
> Are there any natlangs which have negation particles that work like Lojban's?
        In Portuguese, you can say:
        "Nem todos os cachorros são brancos"
        Litterally:
        "Not all dogs are white"
        (nem = not, not even, not either)

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Gustavo Eulalio <guga@...>
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Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - UFCG
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