i18n@... wrote:

> Seriously, can you offer an example of a popular text (or even
> non-popular one) where birds or fish were referred to as either separate
> from animals or something other then animals? I think that would be
> fantastic trivia to have!

Under a Prototype Semantics approach, birds and fish aren't too animal-y
at all. Only in the rather artificial environment "animal, vegetable, or
mineral?" are you forced to include them within the word.

It's _technical_ contexts where all are "Animalia."
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...