Re: THEORY: questions

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:58:28 -0400, Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:

>Christophe Grandsire ga kakimashita:
[...]
>> I would add the necessity of 'or' too (disjunction is as essential as
>> association).
>
>Actually, there are languages without a word for "or".  I'm sure they
>have some other way of making that distinction, tho.
Which languages? That would be interesting.

'Or' is in Wierzbicka's list of semantic primitives (at least, stil was
there in mid-90ies).


Basilius

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