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NOTE FOLLOW-UPS!  In almost everyone of my posts to this thread, I've set
them to sci.lang *only*, but people keep changing them back when they re-
ply.  This discussion is not on topic for bit.listerv.autism and should
not be continued there.

In article <3821EFE6.940B3968@intelligencia.com>,
Kalen  <paradox@intelligencia.com> wrote:
>"D. Edward Gund v. Brighoff" wrote:
>> A better question is "What purposes do these sorts of classes serve?"
>
>And why did they call it "gender" (especially in languages where
>there are 12 of them!)

See Mr Messinger's response--or any desk dictionary.

>> There are more than I can begin to ennumerate here--like I said, it de-
>> pends on the language.
>
>Thank you for that enlightening response. (NOT)

Likewise.

>> (In general, it makes anaphora easier.)
>
>And anapohora is?

A word so big that you may have to look in a *college* dictionary for it.

>> Again, I
>> urge those of you who are curious to read on of the introductory works
>> listed in the sci.lang FAQ, like the _Cambridge encyclopedia of language_.
>
>Sounds daunting. Why can't you just answer the question instead of
>being so condescending?

It's not; it's a very accesible work.  If you find it too daunting, start
in a general encyclopedia, like the _Colliers_ or _Britannica_.  I wasn't
trying to be condescending.  (Obviously, I am now--it only takes on surly
response to change my attitude.)  I was just trying to avoid having to
type out a Linguistics 101 lecture.

>> This is really a very basic question that can has been asked and answered
>> many times already.
>
>Well who started cross-posting this anyway? 

Not I!

>It was supposed to be on
>an autism NG where it is not assumed that we know a great deal about
>linguistics or are linguistic geniuses. People there are pleased if
>we can speak (one language)!

Regardless of where it started out, it's in sci.lang now--as anyone who
pays even the remotest attention to the Newsgroups line in the header
would realise.  I don't know how you do things in your newsgroup, but I
assume you, too, have a FAQ so you don't have to explain what autism is to
every newbie who shows up.  Why should you expect us to operate different- 
ly?
-- 
         Daniel "Da" von Brighoff    /\          Dilettanten
        (deb5@midway.uchicago.edu)  /__\         erhebt Euch
                                   /____\      gegen die Kunst!