Re: Word Order in typology

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...)
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> 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