Re: language origin, language evolution, evolutionary mutation
From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 09/16/04
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:12:21 GMT
Yago Campos wrote:
> huh? How's that supposed to work? I mean, if all new words are coined
> from pre-existing old words, where did those "old words" come from?
> Older words? It's ok to coin the word "river" from the word "water",
> but how would you coin the word "mountain" if you only have "water"
> and, say, "father" ?
You'll have to ask N. Ya. Marr about that. (The primeval syllables are
sal, ber, rosh, yon.)
-- Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net
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