Re: THEORY: Question about the evolution of language

Nik Taylor scripsit:

> Hmm, probably a mixture of what you said and what John said, then.  I'd
> guess that it was probably based on homesigns.  AFAIK, there's not much
> French-like grammar to it, which would, I'd think, be the case if it was
> totally invented.  In fact, I'd think that he'd've attempted to make it
> a sort of "Exact Signed French".
He did, but the grammar he constructed was unwieldy and dropped away,
resulting in the current creole-type grammar.

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