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chapters: Un-forbid the -mz- consonant cluster.
MostAwesomeDude Nov 6, 2020
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chapters/14: Fix weirdly dated attempt at set theory.
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11 changes: 5 additions & 6 deletions chapters/03.xml
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<para>The specific pairs
<morphology>cx</morphology>,
<morphology>kx</morphology>,
<morphology>xc</morphology>,
<morphology>xk</morphology>, and
<morphology>mz</morphology> are forbidden.
<morphology>xc</morphology>, and
<morphology>xk</morphology> are forbidden.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para> <indexterm type="general"><primary>y</primary><secondary>use in avoiding forbidden consonant pairs</secondary></indexterm> These rules apply to all kinds of words, even Lojbanized names. If a name would normally contain a forbidden consonant pair, a
<letteral>y</letteral> can be inserted to break up the pair:
<letteral>y</letteral> can be inserted to break up the pair.
</para>
<example role="pronunciation-example" xml:id="example-random-id-k2cK">
<title>
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<anchor xml:id="c3e6d1"/>
</title>
<pronunciation>
<jbo>djeimyz.</jbo>
<jbo>djeimz.</jbo>
<ipa>[dʒɛj məzʔ]</ipa>
<natlang>James</natlang>
</pronunciation>
</example>
<para role="indent">The regular English pronunciation of
<quote>James</quote>, which is
<phrase role="IPA">[dʒɛjmz]</phrase>, would Lojbanize as
<cmevla valid="false">djeimz.</cmevla>, which contains a forbidden consonant pair.</para>
<cmevla valid="false">djeimz.</cmevla></para>
</section>
<section xml:id="section-initial-pairs">
<title><anchor xml:id="c3s7"/>Initial Consonant Pairs</title>
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<quote>impermissible consonant clusters</quote> of Lojban morphology (explained in


<xref linkend="section-clusters"/>). Thus
<cmevla valid="false">djeimz.</cmevla> is not a valid version of
<quote>James</quote> (because
<morphology>mz</morphology> is invalid):
<cmevla>djeimyz</cmevla> will suffice. Similarly,
<xref linkend="section-clusters"/>). For example,
<valsi>la</valsi> may be replaced by
<valsi>ly</valsi>,
<valsi>lai</valsi> by
<jbophrase>ly'i</jbophrase>,
<valsi>doi</valsi> by
<valsi>do'i</valsi> or
<valsi>dai</valsi>. Here are a few examples:</para>
<valsi>dai</valsi>. Here are a few example names:</para>

<para>
<example role="interlinear-gloss-example" xml:id="example-random-id-cw4p">
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<anchor xml:id="c14e4d1"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .ija la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .ija la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>That-named John is-a-man or that-named James is-a-woman.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
<para role="indent">Here we have two separate Lojban bridi,
<jbophrase>la djan. nanmu</jbophrase> and
<jbophrase>la djeimyz. ninmu</jbophrase>. These bridi are connected by
<jbophrase>la djeimz. ninmu</jbophrase>. These bridi are connected by
<valsi>.i</valsi><valsi>ja</valsi>, the ijek for the truth function
<phrase role="logical-vowel">A</phrase>. The
<valsi>i</valsi> portion of the ijek tells us that we are dealing with separate sentences here. Similarly, we can now say:</para>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e4d2"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .ije la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .ije la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>That-named John is-a-man and that-named James is-a-woman.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e4d3"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .ijo la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .ijo la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>That-named John is-a-man if-and-only-if that-named James is-a-woman.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e4d4"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .iju la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .iju la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>That-named John is-a-man whether-or-not that-named James is-a-woman.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e4d5"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .inajo la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .inajo la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>That-named John is-not-a-man if-and-only-if that-named James is-a-woman.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e4d6"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .ijonai la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .ijonai la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>That-named John is-a-man if-and-only-if that-named James is-not-a-woman.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e4d8"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .ijanai la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .ijanai la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>That-named John is-a-man or that-named James is-not-a-woman.</gloss>
<natlang>John is a man if James is a woman.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e4d9"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djan. ninmu .ijanai la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>la djan. ninmu .ijanai la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>That-named John is-a-woman if that-named James is-a-woman.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e4d10"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .inaja la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .inaja la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>That-named John is-not-a-man or that-named James is-a-woman.</gloss>
<natlang>John is a man only if James is a woman.</natlang>
<natlang>If John is a man, then James is a woman.</natlang>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e4d11"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .iseju la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .iseju la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<natlang>Whether or not John is a man, James is a woman.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e5d2"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .ija la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>la djan. nanmu .ija la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<natlang>John is a man or James is a woman (or both)</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e5d3"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>ga la djan. nanmu gi la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>ga la djan. nanmu gi la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<natlang>Either John is a man or James is a woman (or both).</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e5d4"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>ge la djan. nanmu gi la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>ge la djan. nanmu gi la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<natlang>(It is true that) both John is a man and James is a woman.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e5d5"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>gu la djan. nanmu gi la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>gu la djan. nanmu gi la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<natlang>It is true that John is a man, whether or not James is a woman.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
<para role="indent">It is worth emphasizing that
<xref linkend="example-random-id-qgMN"/> does not assert that James is (or is not) a woman. The
<valsi>gu</valsi> which indicates that
<jbophrase>la djeimyz. ninmu</jbophrase> may be true or false is unfortunately rather remote from the bridi thus affected.</para>
<jbophrase>la djeimz. ninmu</jbophrase> may be true or false is unfortunately rather remote from the bridi thus affected.</para>
<para>Perhaps the most important of the truth functions commonly expressed in forethought is TFTT, which can be paraphrased as
<quote>if ... then ...</quote>:</para>

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<anchor xml:id="c14e5d6"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>ganai la djan. nanmu gi la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>ganai la djan. nanmu gi la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>Either that-named John is-not-a-man, or that-named James is-a-woman.</gloss>
<natlang>If John is a man, then James is a woman.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e5d8"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>gonai la djan. nanmu gi la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>gonai la djan. nanmu gi la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<natlang>John is not a man if and only if James is a woman.</natlang>
<natlang>Either John is a man or James is a woman but not both.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e5d9"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>go la djan. nanmu ginai la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>go la djan. nanmu ginai la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<natlang>John is a man if and only if James is not a woman.</natlang>
<natlang>Either John is a man or James is a woman but not both.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e5d10"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>ge la djan. nanmu ginai la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>ge la djan. nanmu ginai la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<natlang>John is a man and James is not a woman.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e5d11"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>ganai la djan. nanmu ginai la djeimyz. ninmu</jbo>
<jbo>ganai la djan. nanmu ginai la djeimz. ninmu</jbo>
<natlang>John is not a man or James is not a woman.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e12d12"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>mi viska pa nanmu .ije mi viska pa ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>I see a man, and I see a woman.</gloss>
<jbo>mi viska pa mlatu .ije mi viska pa gerku</jbo>
<gloss>I see a cat, and I see a dog.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
<para role="noindent">to</para>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e12d13"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>mi viska pa nanmu .e pa ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>I see a man and a woman.</gloss>
<jbo>mi viska pa mlatu .e pa gerku</jbo>
<gloss>I see a cat and a dog.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
<para role="noindent">there is a great temptation to reduce further to:</para>
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<indexterm type="example"><primary>man-woman</primary></indexterm>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>mi viska pa nanmu je ninmu</jbo>
<gloss>I see a man and woman.</gloss>
<jbo>mi viska pa mlatu je gerku</jbo>
<gloss>I see a cat and dog.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
<para role="indent">But
<xref linkend="example-random-id-ag8r"/> means that you see one thing which is both a man and a woman simultaneously! A
<jbophrase>nanmu je ninmu</jbophrase> is a manwoman, a presumably non-existent creature who is both a
<valsi>nanmu</valsi> and a
<valsi>ninmu</valsi>.</para>
<xref linkend="example-random-id-ag8r"/> means that you see one thing which is both a cat and a dog simultaneously! A
<jbophrase>mlatu je gerku</jbophrase> is a catdog, a presumably non-existent creature who is both a
<valsi>mlatu</valsi> and a
<valsi>gerku</valsi>.</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="section-truth-and-connective-questions">
<title><anchor xml:id="c14s13"/>Truth questions and connective questions</title>
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<gloss>I choose that-named Alice from-that-named Frank</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>… ce la .alis. ce la djeimyz.</jbo>
<jbo>… ce la .alis. ce la djeimz.</jbo>
<gloss>… and-member that-named Alice and-member that-named James.</gloss>
<natlang>I choose Alice from among Frank, Alice, and James.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
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<indexterm type="example"><primary>brothers</primary></indexterm>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djeimyz. bruna la djordj.</jbo>
<jbo>la djeimz. bruna la djordj.</jbo>
<gloss>That-named James is-the-brother-of that-named George.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<indexterm type="example"><primary>brothers</primary></indexterm>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djeimyz. .e la djordj. bruna</jbo>
<jbo>la djeimz. .e la djordj. bruna</jbo>
<gloss>That-named James and that-named George is-a-brother.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<indexterm type="example"><primary>brothers</primary></indexterm>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djeimyz. jo'u</jbo>
<jbo>la djeimz. jo'u</jbo>
<gloss>That-named James in-common-with that-named</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
<interlinear-gloss>
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<indexterm type="example"><primary>brothers</primary></indexterm>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djeimyz. joi</jbo>
<jbo>la djeimz. joi</jbo>
<gloss>That-named James massed-with</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
<interlinear-gloss>
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<indexterm type="example"><primary>respectively</primary></indexterm>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djeimyz. fa'u la djordj.</jbo>
<jbo>la djeimz. fa'u la djordj.</jbo>
<gloss>That-named James jointly-in-order-with that-named George</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
<interlinear-gloss>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e14d13"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djeimyz. .e la djordj. prami</jbo>
<jbo>la djeimz. .e la djordj. prami</jbo>
<gloss>That-named James and that-named George love</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
<interlinear-gloss>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e14d14"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djeimyz. prami la meris. .ije la djordj. prami</jbo>
<jbo>la djeimz. prami la meris. .ije la djordj. prami</jbo>
<gloss>That-named James loves that-named Mary, and that-named George loves</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>… la meris. .ije la djeimyz. prami la martas.</jbo>
<jbo>… la meris. .ije la djeimz. prami la martas.</jbo>
<gloss>… that-named Mary, and that-named James loves that-named Martha,</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
<interlinear-gloss>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e14d15"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djeimyz. ce'e la meris. pe'e</jbo>
<jbo>la djeimz. ce'e la meris. pe'e</jbo>
<gloss>That-named James [plus] that-named Mary [joint]</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
<interlinear-gloss>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e14d16"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djeimyz. fa'u la djordj. prami re mensi</jbo>
<jbo>la djeimz. fa'u la djordj. prami re mensi</jbo>
<gloss>That-named James and-respectively that-named George love two sisters.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<anchor xml:id="c14e15d5"/>
</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>la djeimyz. ce[bo] la djordj. pi'u</jbo>
<jbo>la djeimz. ce[bo] la djordj. pi'u</jbo>
<gloss>That-named James and-set that-named George cross-product</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
<interlinear-gloss>
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