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

On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 13:03:53 +0000, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
wrote:

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

One aspect of cat language which is untranslatable into human language is
purring.

Its closest human equivalent is Dutch people uttering "Gezellig, hè?" at
regular intervals.

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