Sociological Linguistics

[Robert Whiting]

On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Patrick C. Ryan wrote:

> If you ever visit my website, you will see that nothing I hypothesize about
> the Proto-Language does not have similar modern parallels.

What is the "similar modern parallel" for your supposition that a
phonological distinctive feature ([+aspiration]) marks a semantic
category ([+animate])?

Bob Whiting
whiting at cc.helsinki.fi