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change the gloss of {pu'o} from 'inchoative' to 'prospective' #327

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16 changes: 8 additions & 8 deletions chapters/10.xml
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<cmavo-entry>
<cmavo>pu'o</cmavo>
<selmaho>ZAhO</selmaho>
<description>inchoative</description>
<description>prospective</description>
</cmavo-entry>
<cmavo-entry>
<cmavo>ca'o</cmavo>
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</cmavo-entry>
</cmavo-list>
<para role="indent"> <indexterm type="general"><primary>aspect</primary><secondary>natural languages compared with respect to</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>aspect</primary><secondary>expressing</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>resumptive event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>pausative event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>achievative event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>superfective event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>completitive event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>cessitive event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>initiative event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>perfective event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>continuitive event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>inchoative event contour</primary></indexterm> The cmavo of selma'o ZAhO express the Lojban version of what is traditionally called
<para role="indent"> <indexterm type="general"><primary>aspect</primary><secondary>natural languages compared with respect to</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>aspect</primary><secondary>expressing</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>resumptive event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>pausative event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>achievative event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>superfective event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>completitive event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>cessitive event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>initiative event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>perfective event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>continuitive event contour</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>prospective event contour</primary></indexterm> The cmavo of selma'o ZAhO express the Lojban version of what is traditionally called
<quote>aspect</quote>. This is not a notion well expressed by English tenses, but many languages (including Chinese and Russian among Lojban's six source languages) consider it more important than the specification of mere position in time.</para>


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</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>mi pu'o damba</jbo>
<gloss>I [inchoative] fight.</gloss>
<gloss>I [prospective] fight.</gloss>
<natlang>I'm on the verge of fighting.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
<para role="indent">
<indexterm type="general"><primary>tense direction</primary><secondary>contrasted with event contours in implication of extent</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>contrasted with tense direction in implication of extent</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>implications on scope of event</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>perfective</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>continuitive</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>inchoative</secondary></indexterm> As discussed in
<indexterm type="general"><primary>tense direction</primary><secondary>contrasted with event contours in implication of extent</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>contrasted with tense direction in implication of extent</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>implications on scope of event</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>perfective</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>continuitive</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>prospective</secondary></indexterm> As discussed in
<xref linkend="section-vagueness"/>, the simple PU cmavo make no assumptions about whether the scope of a past, present, or future event extends into one of the other tenses as well.

<xref linkend="example-random-id-qdwz"/> through
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<valsi>pu</valsi>, is referring to a future event; whereas

<valsi>ba'o</valsi>, connected with
<valsi>ba</valsi>, is referring to a past event. This is the natural result of the event-centered view of ZAhO cmavo. The inchoative, or
<valsi>ba</valsi>, is referring to a past event. This is the natural result of the event-centered view of ZAhO cmavo. The prospective, or

<valsi>pu'o</valsi>, part of an event, is in the
<quote>pastward</quote> portion of that event, when seen from the perspective of the event itself. It is only by inference that we suppose that

<xref linkend="example-random-id-qdwz"/> refers to the speaker's future: in fact, no PU tense is given, so the inchoative part of the event need not be coincident with the speaker's present:
<xref linkend="example-random-id-qdwz"/> refers to the speaker's future: in fact, no PU tense is given, so the prospective part of the event need not be coincident with the speaker's present:
<valsi>pu'o</valsi> is not necessarily, though in fact often is, the same as
<jbophrase>ca pu'o</jbophrase>.</para>
<para> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>cessative</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>initiative</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>division of the event into</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>event contours</primary><secondary>points associated with</secondary></indexterm> The cmavo in
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</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>mi klama le zarci pu'o le nu mi citka</jbo>
<gloss>I go-to the store [inchoative] the event-of I eat</gloss>
<gloss>I go-to the store [prospective] the event-of I eat</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
<para role="noindent">which indicates that before my eating begins, I go to the store, whereas</para>
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</title>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>pu'o</jbo>
<gloss>[inchoative]</gloss>
<gloss>[prospective]</gloss>
<natlang>He hasn't yet done so.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
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<para>A tense modifier specifying the contour of an event (e.g. beginning, ending, continuing).</para>
<interlinear-gloss>
<jbo>mi pu'o damba</jbo>
<gloss>I [inchoative] fight.</gloss>
<gloss>I [prospective] fight.</gloss>
<natlang>I'm on the verge of fighting.</natlang>
</interlinear-gloss>
<bridgehead>
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%token
<anchor xml:id="y621"/>
<anchor xreflabel="YACC rule #621" xml:id="cll_yacc-621"/> ZAhO_621 /* event properties &ndash; inchoative, etc. */
<anchor xreflabel="YACC rule #621" xml:id="cll_yacc-621"/> ZAhO_621 /* event properties &ndash; prospective, etc. */
%token
<anchor xml:id="y622"/>
<anchor xreflabel="YACC rule #622" xml:id="cll_yacc-622"/> ZEhA_622 /* time interval size tense */
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