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Re: verbs?

From:JS Bangs <jaspax@...>
Date:Thursday, July 17, 2003, 18:01
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 http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/ http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/blog Jesus asked them, "Who do you say that I am?" And they answered, "You are the eschatological manifestation of the ground of our being, the kerygma in which we find the ultimate meaning of our interpersonal relationship." And Jesus said, "What?"

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