CHAT: Re : Re: Tlvn, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 14/09/99 18:33:41  , Charles a =E9crit :

>  In that sense, Spanish may not "warrant". But it's nonsense,
>  e.g. in "I'm telling you this" I count 1 verb and 3 nominals.
> =20
the question is rather : why 1-, 2- or 3-valency-mapping all over the world,
in ANY language and not 4, 5 or 6, etc. ?
THAT is the tremendously interesting fact i wonder since i'ved learned and
used foreign, "exotic" languages.
there are 3 "core slots" as joshuah shinavier would say.
so why try to occult that universal reality and fodder myths of mathematical=
ly
driven, pseudo-linguistical myths of "logical" binary valency-mapping instea=
d=20
?

"LINGO-MERMAID NOT DEAD"

it's time conlangers take linguistic power.
(hint to our fresh and brilliant american universitary fellow conlangers ;-)


>  That and some Thai food should suffice to disturb.
> =20
yum.
don't forget to eat aleutian food or else.
what they eat makes what they are (from my jap experience).


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