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Re: Word Order in typology

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Sunday, October 17, 2004, 11:40
On Oct 17, 2004, at 9:06 AM, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
> (Baker is also interesting in being the only linguist I know of who > dedicates all his technical books to Jesus Christ - to the extent > that he even has a section at the end of _The Polysynthesis > Parameter_ explaining how God invented polysynthesis, and quotes > chapter and verse to boot. Not that this is *wrong*, per se, but > it's not falsifiable, unscientific, and it can be a little > out-weirding...) > ======================================================================= > === > Thomas Wier "I find it useful to meet my subjects personally, > Dept. of Linguistics because our secret police don't get it right > University of Chicago half the time." -- octogenarian Sheikh Zayed of > 1010 E. 59th Street Abu Dhabi, to a French reporter. > Chicago, IL 60637
So, how does he do it? :) -Stephen (Steg) "one who properly attributes where they got their information brings redemption to the world." ~ ethics of the ancestors, chapter 6