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On 2/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fritz Goerling</b> <<a href="mailto:Fritz_Goerling@sil.org">Fritz_Goerling@sil.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">I am interested in how different kinds of
laughter are expressed in different languages and what principles (of word
formation, onomatopoeia, etc.) are followed in building these words.</span></font></p>
<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Some examples from English and German:</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">English
German</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">to
chuckle
glucksen (not an exact
equivalent)</span></font></p>
<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">to
giggle
kichern</span></font></p>
<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">to
cackle
gackern</span></font></p>
<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">to snicker/snigger
?</span></font></p>
<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">to
titter
one would have to describe it
by a paraphrase or show it</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">What elements enter into play as
differentiating factors? Who does what, when, under which circumstances?</span></font></p>
<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Agent (individual or group; gender),
patient (absence or presence), differences in rank (social situation)?</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Fritz Goerling</span></font></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br>What about "guffaw" for which <a href="http://dict.leo.org">
dict.leo.org</a> suggests only "laut lachen"<br><br><br>Andrew Dunbar.<br><br></div><br></div><br>-- <br><a href="http://linguaphile.sf.net">http://linguaphile.sf.net</a><br>
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