From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 42702
Date: 2006-01-01
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
To: "Patrick Ryan" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 5:22 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Etymology of PIE *ph2ter
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> > Utter ridiculous!
>
> > Who re-creates them?
>
> Parental interpretation and reinforcement combining with the
> normal sequence of development of infant babbling.
>
> [...]
>
> Brian
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Patrick:
Precisely. Just like normal language training!
And how old are these parentally sanctioned words?
Perhaps as old as *p6tér? Much older? Much younger?
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