Re: Correlation Lengths of Language Changes

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From: Hubey
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:25

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In article <1776@tdat.teradata.COM> swf@tools3teradata.com (Stan Friesen) writes:

> Stone age man spent more time sitting around the camp fire talking than anything
> else.  It turns out that hunter-gatherer economics requires *less* intensive
> effort than anything since.  A hunter had *far* more spare time than *we* do.

Yeah, and they toasted marshmellows, drank wine and discussed how
they could improve their syntax and their lexicon. They discussed
whether they should expand their lexicon by compounding or by vowel
alternation vs postifixation of morphs.

> What has domestication to do with anything?  A hunter-gatherer invaraibly has
> a better natural vocabulary than a farmer or rancher.

I assume the trick here is in the meaning of 'natural'...
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	mark	

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From: hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey)
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Subject: Re: Correlation Lengths of Language Changes
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