<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Since I posted previously I've been collecting demonstratives to look for
<BR>regularities of the sort I was proposing (T, K, KW- but also note parallel
<BR>vocalic versions I, A, U, as in Uto-Aztecan, and also proposed by others).
<BR>There is quite a bit of variability in the particular systematizations, but
<BR>all appear to be based on phonological feature oppositions taken binarily, in
<BR>multidimensional closed figures taken geometrically. Articulatory position
<BR>orally is only one possibility. Lots of languages utilize it as the basis for
<BR>systematization. Others (such as North Wakashan), use manner features.
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<BR>What I find interesting here is that in a way such systematizations (as well
<BR>as those associated with pronouns, kinship terms, color terms, etc.) can
<BR>serve as kinds of "probes" to sort out the world-view/POV choices languages
<BR>have made. It will then also be interesting if it turns out that the
<BR>phonosemantic framework of expressive forms (and their diachronic
<BR>lexicalizations) end up in some sort of balanced relation (which I expect to
<BR>be true after examining several hundred languages- but only time and
<BR>statistical analysis will tell).
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<BR>I'll list actual examples if anyone is interested, but I fear this is getting
<BR>way off topic Siouan-wise (oh the pain, the pain).
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<BR>Jess Tauber
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