Re: verbs?

Andreas Johansson sikyal:

> Quoting JS Bangs <jaspax@...>:
>
> > [1] Except for some Languages Of Unusual Structure (LOUS's [2]) which are
> > reported to exist by a thread here a few days ago. Personally, I don't
> > beleive they exist.
> >
> > [2] I'm full of whimsical coinages today, but I especially like this one
> > as a term for a nat-freaklang, like those OSV weirdos, and Georgian. Can I
> > keep it? Please, please?
>
> As long as you have it include monster raving loony languages ...
>
>                                                     Andreas
>
> PS A "monster raving loony language" is one that marks intransitive subject
> different from both transitive subject and transitive object, but the later
> two the same. My faith in humanity's collective mental health was severely
> dented when I learned of their existence.
Oh, naturally. I think an LOUS can be any language that lies at the
extremes of linguistic variation, of which this is definitely an example.
Although I particularly think that an LOUS is a language known for some
unusual feature, but which most people don't know anything about *except*
that it has that feature. E.g. Georgian's consonant clusters, those three
OSV languages, Berber's syllabic stops, the "monster raving loony
language", etc.


Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
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