tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 02 03:53:04 1995
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Re: KLBC: Comparatives
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Comparatives
- Date: Tue, 2 May 95 12:52:56 METDST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Alan Anderson" at Apr 30, 95 6:55 pm
- Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
>
> >You are not bigger than me.
>
> This is logically equivalent to "You are smaller than me" and "I am bigger
> than you." What is the reason for picking one interpretation over another?
> If you can provide some context, I'd enjoy trying to capture the meaning.
>
it is logically equivalent to: Either you are smaller
than me or I am as big as you. The context could be
someone claiming to be bigger than me and me denying
this - which was my translation.
Marc Doychlangan
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Marc Ruehlaender [email protected]
Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany
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