weirdness

[Dennis R. Preston]

I'm not so sure. I've read some pretty weird linguistics. I bet
language is probably not as weird as many of the accounts of it.

dInIs



>In an article in the NYT Science Times section this week, Anton Zeilinger
>(U. of Vienna) is reported to have said:
>
>"The world is not as real as we think.  My personal opinion is that the
>world is even weirder than what quantum physics tells us."
>
>I sometimes think that this is true of linguistics.  Language is weirder
>than linguistics tells us.
>
>Happy New Year,
>David
>
>barnhart at highlands.com


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