IUBio

Syntax

Peter T. Daniels grammatim at worldnet.att.net
Mon Sep 28 18:33:38 EST 1998


Cijadrachon wrote:
> 
> I might have mentioned my theory of pointing and saying
> 
> "O..."h shit some hungry-looking  huge being with big teeth is behind
> you, and you might want to consider running like I will now...
> 
> ...for first origin of language, and the boom  coming when women
> discovered that gossipping can bring them power and can  be rather
> entertaining.
> 
> >> A speculation on the creation of syntax.
> 
> Syntax like in some woman in another age saying:
> "Yesterday fat Gudrun's sister's daughter, the lazy one, and Chlodwig,
> the sun of Hadubrandt that old walking mead-horn, were seen leaving
> the village together, and you would not believe..."

"Women"? "Some woman"? You'd better have a damn good reason for such
sexist b.s. before you stick it on sci.lang again.
-- 
Peter T. Daniels					grammatim at worldnet.att.net



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