Ok, thanks Markus.
Here is slightly different one. What is the difference between (1) and (2):
(1) =alice +friend =bob
(2a) =alice () +friend
(2b) =alice+friend () =bob
Also, given what you said about $is, I am wondering what current convention is for denoting antonym (“is not”).
I seem to recall a push to use $is$a for that, which I was always against because it did not seem to make sense from an English perspective.
Is is current convention to use $is$a, $is$not, or something else entirely?
Kind regards,
Bill Barnhill
Booz Allen Hamilton - Belcamp,MD
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Subject: Re: [xdi] A question on semantics
I think only (1) is correct.
(2) would mean that the _expression_ "Alice's Friend" is synonymous with "Bob", or something like that.
Also, according to my understanding, $is is commutative and transitive, i.e. if you had this:
=alice+friend/$is/=bob
=alice+friend/$is/=charlie
Then you could infer =bob/$is/=charlie, which I think is not the intention..
Markus
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Barnhill, William [USA] <> wrote:
Lastly, a question.
What is the semantic difference, if any, between the two statement sets below?
(1) =alice +friend =bob
(2a) =alice () +friend
(2b) =alice+friend $is =bob
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