Re: Too Many Too Little Possible Roots!!!
From: | Matt Pearson <mpearson@...> |
Date: | Friday, November 20, 1998, 18:15 |
Kristian Jensen skrev:
>An extremely interesting example, Matt, to convince me all-the-more
>of my theory. I'm beginning to become more and more convinced that
>there must be some *ideal* amount of possible roots that natlangs
>attempt to obtain/maintain. You're a proffesional linguist, right?
Well, I'm a grad student and I'm getting paid to TA linguistics, if
that counts as 'professional'.
>So you wouldn't by chance know what this secret number is? Come on,
>let us all in to your secret!! I know you know!!
I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
Matt.
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Matt Pearson
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UCLA Linguistics Department
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