Re: 3rd person reflexive(s) (was Re: Greenberg's Word Order Universals

In a message dated 2000:09:14 3:46:55 PM, smithma@UCLA.EDU quotes me then
writes:

>>     makee pidjin/Neu Spelin Inglis esampul:
>>
>>     Hi bin talk hi in rigard hihi plenti graed.
>>
>>     (in this example, _hihi_ refers to the 2nd male person in the sentence)
>> hehe...
>
>Is that a requirement, or could it also have refered to the first male
>person?  Just curious.
    Yepyep. In order to refer to the 1st male the sentence would simply read:

    Hi bin talk hi in rigard hi plenti graed.

    :)

    It makes a sorta logical sense in a language that uses reduplication and
word order syntax structuring.

    czHANg

"It would be ironic if the answer to Babel
were pidgin and not Pentecost."
- George Steiner,  _After Babel:
  Aspects of Language & Translation_