Re: THEORY: questions
| From: | Muke Tever <alrivera@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 24, 2001, 20:10 |
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From: "Vasiliy Chernov" <bc_@...>
> >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).
Hmm, I don't remember seeing that there. (At least, on the list of
universals[1].. is the list of universals different from the list of
primitives?)
*Muke!
[1] As listed, e.g. http://www.geocities.com/polkacats/semantics/index.html
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