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Re: Return to the list ... request for resources

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Friday, October 4, 2002, 12:42
D Tse scripsit:

> My list of resources has become a little ... rusty in the meantime, so... > if anyone could tell me where to get - what was it called? - the Swadesh > list, I think, of basic concepts for roots.
Googling for "Swadesh list" will be effective. But you should realize that it is a list which Swadesh assumed, based on limited data, would be fairly stable over time (not very subject to borrowing). It isn't really a list of "basic concepts": notably "ash" and "(tree) bark". Note that there is a 200-term list and a 100-term list. -- One art / There is John Cowan <jcowan@...> No less / No more http://www.reutershealth.com All things / To do http://www.ccil.org/~cowan With sparks / Galore -- Douglas Hofstadter