Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1

Summary

Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1 is a lesson^[1].

Key Facts

• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's instance of is recorded as Comparisons, Pt 1 — instance of (P31): lesson^[2].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's instance of is recorded as Comparisons, Pt 1 — instance of (P31): scholarly chapter^[3].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's follows is recorded as Comparisons, Pt 1 — follows (P155): Lesson 63: Your Turn 9^[4].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's followed by is recorded as Comparisons, Pt 1 — followed by (P156): Lesson 65: Comparisons, Pt 2^[5].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's part of is recorded as Comparisons, Pt 1 — part of (P361): laadanlanguage.org^[6].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's language of work or name is recorded as Comparisons, Pt 1 — language of work or name (P407): English^[7].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's language of work or name is recorded as Comparisons, Pt 1 — language of work or name (P407): Láadan^[8].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's main subject is recorded as Comparisons, Pt 1 — main subject (P921): comparison^[9].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's work available at URL is recorded as http://laadanlanguage.org/64.html#top^[10].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's title is recorded as Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1^[11].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's first line is recorded as In “báanibel,” “lóothi,” “nóowid,” and “yéshile” we meet a class of Láadan verbs that contain diametrically opposed qualities within the same word.^[12].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's last line is recorded as And the fact that one is set in “sháal ril” (today) clearly indicates it’s in the present time, while the other just as clearly places the action “sháal bim eril” (four days ago)—clearly past, no Auxiliaries needed for either.^[13].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's copyright status is recorded as Comparisons, Pt 1 — copyright status (P6216): no known copyright restrictions^[14].
• Lesson 64: Comparisons, Pt 1's quotation or excerpt is recorded as Notice also that the implied form is quite flexible. We can use it to compare two or even more things in the same sentence. And the implied comparison comes with (from, actually) an explicit statement about actual degrees of VERBing—that some things are not very VERB at all (like the leaves)—and that some are just ordinarily or highly VERB (like the fruit or the flowers).^[15].