Re: swadesh list

Of interest. The gestural components add a sense of wonderment. Could be that gestures predated verbal language. Ann MacLarnon of the Roehampton Institute in Britain has studied the spinal column of H. erectus, and concludes that it probably had none of the fine control of the diaphragm that we need to propel air into the larynx in complex bursts as we speak. An absence of language, or at least its simplicity and lack of use in technical matters, might explain the very slow rate of change in the stone tool technology.

Gerry

From: H.M. Hubey

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Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 7:32 AM

Subject: [Nostratica] swadesh list

The Swadesh lists can be found in many places. One of them is below. http://www.percepp.demon.co.uk/swadesh/swadlist.htm -- M. Hubey -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o The only difference between humans and machines is that humans can be created by unskilled labor. Arthur C. Clarke /\/\/\/\//\/\/\/\/\/\/ http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~hubey
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