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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>even though Universal Grammar says
it should be so and linguists labor to make it so<o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> If you look at the exceptions to the UG rules, and the exceptions to
the exceptions, and the general applicability of UG to PIE languages, and you
incorporate the understanding that Chomsky wanted to be a programmer, the “Rules”
of UG become very suspect. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Story: Chomsky was speaking at UNM in Albuquerque here in NM, and he
was saying that all languages contain all the words that describe the world. It
was a pretty sweeping statement, and a person in the audience asked, Does that
mean that every language has words for ‘carburetor’? , the
implication being of course that since words needed to be invented, they couldn’t
all be encapsulated just waiting to be activated or awakened. </span></font><font
face=Wingdings><span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>And OF COURSE PIE languages are going to look similar in UG: They are
all derived from the same root </span></font><font face=Wingdings><span
style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>‘Course, people don’t tell you this. Everyone is so baffled
by Chomsky and his metanarrative, that they don’t feel that what they see
is worth putting forth. ‘Cept of course for little renegades like me, who
have actually BEEN to MIT, who actually KNOW Minsky, and Yngve, and lots of
other people involved in the various projects. Although I haven’t
actually had the misfortune of having to deal with Chomsky face to face. People
put him in a building far, far away. The man is driven, and I think between him
and the one-armed man, they have done more damage to indigenous languages than
maybe even religion. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Good morning everyone, guess I’m feeling feisty in the beautiful
cool air. But like Mihesuah writes, someone has to start telling the truth. The
upshot of UG, by the way, is that it doesn’t work. UG was supposed to
process language for the military. And the military actually CARE whether stuff
works or not. NOT. </span></font><font face=Wingdings><span style='font-family:
Wingdings'>J</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mia </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Indigenous
Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>phil cash cash<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:35
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ILAT] Unlocking the
secret sounds of language</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>After reading the
article, I have to root for the Pirahã here as I am ever more convinced that as
more and more indigenous languages become documented that the natural genius of
human language will become evident. With 6,000 (est.) languages in the
world we seem to know so little about how or why a language should be in our
mouth making sounds but we do pretty good when it does. <br>
<br>
Too it seems most appropriate now that it takes a fairly remote indigenous
speech community to revolutionize the way we think about language! I do
hope that the Pirahã continue to remain Pirahã as I do not wish them to be like
us even though Universal Grammar says it should be so and linguists labor to
make it so. <br>
<br>
Phil Cash Cash<br>
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....>~~~@>....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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