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

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

> 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.
>

Leuk.

How come the Dutch words for being uncomfortable: eng, naar, nauw all
have to do with lack of space?

Torsten