Re: Universality of Interjections?

phippsmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> As scientists, we should not believe in coincidences: we should look
> for resemblances that suggest relationships.

Cherry picking non-systematic coincidental factoids has been tried,
very extensively, and has lead nowhere. Your refusal to understand
what superceded it and why is a poor basis for claiming the scientific
high ground.

> We should aske ourselves why certain variables correlate, whether it
> is because they are causally realted or if they are both functions
> of the same variables.

We should ask whether certain variables correlate. Occasional surface
resemblance of words isn't very useful for this, and everyone except
you in this thread knows why and what is.

[...]

> Apparently this is not the case. Some people claiming to be
> linguists even go so far as to comment on threads that they
> obviously haven't even read from the beginning.

I am shocked - shocked! - that there could be persons neglecting to
hang on your every word!

Meanwhile I'll add myself to the list of people who have publicly
expressed the opinion that you need to read an introductory book on
linguistics, if you ever have time left from your busy schedule
of lecturing us on scientific methodology.

Des
can't wait to hear about "paradigms", for sure.
.

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