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Lessons in language. | 68 comments (68 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Then I'm not quite sure I understand your post. You have the section from my post about the language dumping a feature it no longer needs, and then you have "I would consider this a bombshell if...." Is "this" referring to the idea of losing an unneeded feature? If not, what are you referring to when you say "this"?

(My post sounds kind of snippy, but it's not meant to be-- I'm honestly trying to clear up what I'm not understanding. Really.)

by lychee (lychee9393 A yahoo D com) on Mon Jul 9th, 2007 at 01:47:51 PM EST
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Re: Lessons in language. (4.00 / 2)

When I said bombshell I meant the way in which I think kcurie was taking it - I think he believes this shoots serious holes through the universal language theory, whereas I'm pretty sure it does no such thing, and only would if the researchers had found novel language usage structures in the people they were studying that had never been seen before.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Mon Jul 9th, 2007 at 03:25:30 PM EST
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