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krtisfranks wrote:
> gleki wrote:
> > Isn't it just zu'i?
In order to be more clear:
First of all, to my knowledge, the grammar is currently agnostic on
whether an explicit zo'e in a terbri which has its value defined by
default references/acquires the value of the default or remains completely
general and elliptical. di'ei explicitly overrides the default setting.
di'au explicitly references the value of the definition default.
Second, the default value defined for a terbri of a word is not
necessarily equivalent to the "typical value" that would fill that terbri
in general or based on context. (In some way, a default is supposed to
emulate/acknowledge a certain instance of what could be considered THE
'typical' value, but it is not context-dependent and is essentially an
arbitrary 'decree of God' without any consideration for real-life values.)
For instance, "la .tert. grake" = "la .tert. grake di'au" = "la .tert.
grake li pa" is certainly false (presuming that "la .tert." references the
planet Earth), but "la .tert. grake zi'u" could be true (for instance, it
would be true if the typical value of the number of grams is interpreted
in this case to be, say, the average mass of known (to current humans)
terrestrial (exo)planets that harbor life).
Third, presuming that explict zo'e references a default if it is defined
(and, otherwise, acts in a completely general and elliptic fashion),
di'au is to explicit zo'e as explicit and unnecessary zo'e is to not
explicitly filling a terbri (saying nothing for/ignoring that terbri;
implicit zo'e). In other words, it is just a way to more emphatically
acknowledge that one/the utterer recognizes and means the default value of
that terbri, without actually saying it.
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