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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 approac

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.

adastra22 3y ago
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.
gleki 3y ago
This question is partially addressed here: https://lojban.pw/books/learn-lojban/#why-are-verbs-defined-the-way-they-are https://lojban.pw/books/learn-lojban/#why-are-verbs-defined-...