Proper methodology (was: RE: [tied] Re: Mother of all IE languages)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:27:02 +0000, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> wrote:
>
> >--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...>

wrote:

>
> >> As a cat "owner", I'm also pretty sure that the "me" in "me-ow"

is

> >a first
> >> person singular personal pronoun.
> >
> >Then the '-ow' would be a reflex of second element of the other 1

sg

> >pronoun *eg^(h)-o-m.
>
> Nah. If <me-> is "me", then <-ow> is clearly the verb "wanna". The
> grammatical object is suprasegmentally incorporated in the verb by

means of

> a complex tonal system, for which I lack an adequate notation.
>
>

Actually I have an analysis which is superior to yours. The -ow is
the dual suffix. The cat is referring to itself in the dual, in other
words "me two", which explains why it uses this utterance in the
context of someone getting in the vicinity of food.

Torsten