Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from communication

Re:Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from ... by transfire on Saturday May 20, 2023 @02:44AM (#36009885)

I believe there is a variation supported by the language to use semantic predicates instead of argument order. But, since argument order is the standard approach it doesn’t much matter — I think this is the biggest flaw in the language.

I was also a little disappointed to learn that it is morphologically ambiguous without proper inflection (syllabic emphasis).

Other than that its an amazing language, as is Loglan.

I only wish it sounded a bit better. It sounds a bit slavic, where as I find languages like Arabic and Italian much more pleasing to the ear.

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Re:Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from ... by adastra22 on Saturday May 20, 2023 @03:20AM (#36010020)

Semantic predicates don't solve the problem. It's an improvement for sure, as I believe the place-structure or Lojban/Loglan is the single worst mistake that has ever been made in any conlang. But grammatically it wouldn't change anything. The parsed meaning of a Lojban sentence is still ambiguous. Lojban does not try to have monoparsing of sentences to logical statements, except in very limited contexts.

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Re:Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from ... by gleki on Saturday May 20, 2023 @12:56PM (#36013563)

This question is partially addressed here: https://lojban.pw/books/learn-lojban/#why-are-verbs-defined-...

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