On Tuesday 05 June 2007 11:49:11 am Mark Waser wrote: > Also, there have been numerous studies comparing spoken and sign languages > in terms of sentence structure. The most interesting ones (for both spoken > and sign) are the ones dealing with languages that are invented by small > groups who haven't been previously exposed to other languages.
The technical term for such a language is a "creole". Interestingly, people do the same thing with moral ontologies and rules. There's quite a strong parallel between certain linguistic and ethical phenomena. Josh ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e
