The Complete Lojban Language [Hardcover]

John W. Cowan (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 620 pages
• Publisher: Logical Language Group Inc; 1 edition (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966028309
• ISBN-13: 978-0966028300
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #789,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good, coulda been better, July 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Lojban Language (Hardcover)

This is the first published reference work on the Lojban language, which has been kicking around the Internet for a couple of years now. The grammar description is meticulous & fairly easy to grasp (if you don't try to gulp too much at once), but there are two things that make this book (which is nicely bound in red cloth, & a pleasure to hold)a mild disappointment for those who have waited so long. One, it isn't topic-indicated on page margins or tops so you could riffle through it looking for something you remember more or less where you saw it last around & now want to find again; & there is not even a skeletal gismu (root word) list, much less a "complete" vocabulary (this is, I understand, so that the Dictionary can stand alone later without duplication but still--): which means you cannot really start learning to SPEAK in Lojban without having to hunt up a word-list on the Internet (& too bad if you don't have a computer!). Still, worth the cost; & invigorating to study even if you don't intend to use it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, even if you own the net version., July 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Lojban Language (Hardcover)

Really good. Fixes many of the errors found on the net version of the grammar. PLEASE! Hurry up with the dictionary!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Must-have for Lojbanistas, May 25, 2001

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This review is from: The Complete Lojban Language (Hardcover)

Even though most of the information in the book also exists online I wanted a copy that I could carry around and use wherever I happened to be. I am happy with that decision and the book.

This is obviously not a slickly-produced commercial product. It is a textbook. Don't expect great liiterature here. But, for what it is the purpose is well-served.