Re: Masochistic Grammar - YANNC

On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 08:09:56 +0000, Rik Roots <rikroots@...>
wrote:

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>Two mouths would probably lead to two separate conversations - humans
>with two heads (and siamese twins with conjoined brains) are known:
>each mouth seems to belong to a separate individual.
A counter-example is provided by deaf sign languages. The DSL used in
Russia, at any rate, has many signs displayed by one hand; accordingly,
one can display two signs simultaneously.

I think what you need for two conversation is two *brains*, not two output
channels (vocal tracts or whatever).


Basilius