From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Aug 06 11:47:25 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:47:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MZ7zp-0004FK-Fz for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:47:25 -0700 Received: from imo-m28.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.9]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MZ7zh-0004Dx-II for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:47:25 -0700 Received: from imo-ma01.mx.aol.com (imo-ma01.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.136]) by imo-m28.mx.aol.com (v107.10) with ESMTP id RELAYIN1-24a7b252e2b6; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:47:10 -0400 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-ma01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v40_r1.5.) id d.c50.5443c654 (30738) for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:47:07 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:47:07 EDT Subject: [lojban] Re: Experiments in Sapir Whorf To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_c50.5443c654.37ac7f2b_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 for Windows XP sub 11501 X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-IP: 64.12.78.136 X-archive-position: 15929 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_c50.5443c654.37ac7f2b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/6/2009 14:14:38 Eastern Daylight Time, lukeabergen@gmail.com writes: > Just like all animals eyes have certain similar mechanisms maybe all > languages have certain components out of necessity and these are the > "similarities to english" that John is talking about? I'm not a linguist by > profession so I really wouldn't know authoritatively. > Those commonalities among languages are what is known as "universal grammar". stevo --part1_c50.5443c654.37ac7f2b_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a messag= e dated 8/6/2009 14:14:38 Eastern Daylight Time, lukeabergen@gmail.com wri= tes:


Just like all animals= eyes have certain similar mechanisms maybe all languages have certain com= ponents out of necessity and these are the "similarities to english" that= John is talking about?  I'm not a linguist by profession so I really= wouldn't know authoritatively.


Those commonalities among languages are what is known as "universal gr= ammar".

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