Grammatical Exerpts Distilled, Part 3: Proposition
Saul Epstein 
Sun, 18 Apr 1999 17:46:46 -0500

Gist of "Grammatical Proposals Part 5: Proposition"


Operators from Original ZC

    ni   not
    azh  or
    ong  and

    Syntax: Complicated...

Proposed Operators

    ni   Negation     not
    azh  Disjunction  or
    ong  Conjunction  and
    ek   Implication  if
    am   Equivalence  only if

    Syntax: Unchanged?

Proposed Premise-Conclusion Markers

    ac   Major Premise    at  Major Term
    ic   Minor Premise    it  Minor Term
    ahz  Conclusion       ot  Third Term

Proposed Membership Markers

    di   all
    vu   some

Proposed Separators

    shi  (
    ish  )
    a    new premise

Proposed Set Markers

    er   in a set with, unordered set link, "and also" but forming a
              set.
    osh  in a sequence with, an ordered set link, "and then"
    ib   respectively, ordered distributed associate with a previous
              set
    ig   union of sets
    or   intersection
    al   cross product, a cartesian product of sets

Proposed Intervals Markers (used in pairs only)

    ru   unordered interval, "between x and y"
    he   ordered interval, "from x to y (in sequence)"
    be   closed interval bracket marker
    kso  open interval bracket marker

Proposed Grouping Markers

    eks  in common with
    uc   in a mass with, "and" meaning "mixed together", forming a
         mass

Proposed Abstractors

    d she-D    classification          "D is a member of
                                          class/catagory d"
    d fah-D    qualification           "D possesses some quality d"
    X-ze       quotation               "the statement X"
    d is-D     visual abstraction      "D looks like d"
    d es-D     aural abstraction       "D sound like d"
    d ahs-D    tactile abstraction     "D feels like d"
    d os-D     olfactory abstraction   "D smells like d"
    d us-D     gustatory abstraction   "D tastes like d"
    d as-D     telepathic abstraction  "D feels like d"

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