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Re: THEORY: Question about the evolution of language

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, September 9, 1999, 5:39
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. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin