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Re: ONOMATOPOEIA: Check out "Cross Linguistic Phonethemes"

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 2, 2002, 16:57
Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> I really can't understand why people can't accept that the sign is > mostly arbitrary
Hmm. I absolutely agree with this, but I wonder about its cultural embeddedness. It is certainly not a basic belief of American culture; Christophe, would you say that ordinary (e.g. non-lingweenie) French people believe it? -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_

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