[Lexicog] Polarity switch words

[Wayne Leman]

Sorry, my eyes made a mistake on me re: the Hagit's email address. It should
be:

msaustin at mscc.huji.ac.il

Of course, convert the "at" to the proper email symbol.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Leman" <wayne_leman at sil.org>
To: <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:06 PM
Subject: [Lexicog] Polarity switch words


>
> I thought some of you might be interested in a recent message posted on
> the
> Linguist List about the Modern Hebrew word, bixlal. See URL:
> http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-268.html
>
> The poster asked for input about similar words in other languages and I
> have
> responded about a word in Cheyenne below. If you know of words which would
> fit the criteria Hagit gives in the post, I encourage you to send an email
> to:
>
> msaustinmscc at hugi.ac.il
>
> Apparently the Linguist List is camoflauging email addresses for anti-spam
> purposes, so I'll do the same with that email address.
>
> Wayne
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wayne Leman" <wayneleman at netzero.com>
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 7:57 PM
> Subject: Data on lexical items similar to Hebrew 'bixlal'
>
>
>> Shalom Hagit,
>>
>> The Cheyenne language has a word which can be either positive or negative
>> depending on the context:
>>
>> hova'ehe 'something, nothing'
>>
>> for example,
>>
>> Ehene'ena hova'ehe. 'He knows something.'
>> Esaahene'enohe hova'ehe. 'He doesn't know anything.'
>>
>> Wayne
>> -----
>> Wayne Leman
>> Cheyenne website: http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language



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