| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, April 11, 1999, 14:22 |
Fabian wrote:> > Are there any natlangs that have more than 3 levels of deixis > (this/that/yon)?Yes. There are languages that have four or five levels, with the other levels including things like "non-existent" or "out of sight". -- "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-name: NikTailor