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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Dissecting elephants with language #143807 06/11/05 09:18 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick OP Carpal Tunnel OP maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 In my opinion, the biggest mystery is not why we humans developed language, but why nobody else did. (Mark Liberman) http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002239.html So why the difference between our species and others? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Dissecting elephants with language maverick 06/11/05 09:18 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language Buffalo Shrdlu 06/11/05 10:23 PM Re: Dissecting Arthur Dent et al with language AnnaStrophic 06/11/05 11:53 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language Jackie 06/12/05 02:56 AM Re: Dissecting elephants with language of troy 06/12/05 01:24 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language maverick 06/12/05 02:56 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language Jackie 06/12/05 07:48 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language maverick 06/12/05 10:24 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language Jackie 06/13/05 04:16 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language Alex Williams 06/13/05 07:52 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language carpathian 06/13/05 08:43 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language Zed 06/13/05 10:50 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language Buffalo Shrdlu 06/14/05 12:40 AM Re: Dissecting elephants with language maverick 06/14/05 01:09 AM Re: swimming with the fishes... Buffalo Shrdlu 06/14/05 01:35 AM Re: Dissecting elephants with language wsieber 06/15/05 01:31 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language maverick 06/15/05 01:50 AM Re: Dissecting elephants with language Faldage 06/15/05 09:23 AM Re: Dissecting elephants with language belligerentyouth 06/15/05 11:27 AM Re: twinkies Buffalo Shrdlu 06/15/05 11:32 AM Re: twinkies belligerentyouth 06/15/05 12:15 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language of troy 06/15/05 12:44 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language belligerentyouth 06/15/05 01:16 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language Elizabeth Creith 06/27/05 04:40 PM Re: List Zed 06/27/05 10:45 PM Re: elephants again maverick 07/02/05 08:20 PM Re: elephants again Jackie 07/03/05 03:08 AM Re: elephants again maverick 07/03/05 04:22 PM Re: elephants again Capfka 07/03/05 07:34 PM Re: elephants again maverick 07/03/05 09:58 PM Re: elephants again Jackie 07/04/05 02:31 PM Re: elephants again Capfka 07/04/05 04:59 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language Sparteye 06/15/05 05:58 PM Re: Dissecting elephants with language of troy 06/16/05 02:34 AM Re: Dissecting elephants with language sjmaxq 06/16/05 03:20 AM Re: Dissecting elephants with language of troy 06/16/05 11:48 AM Re: Dissecting elephants with language sjmaxq 06/16/05 07:12 PM Re: Yrch AnnaStrophic 06/16/05 08:47 PM Re: Yrch Vernon Compton 06/16/05 08:52 PM Re: Yrch Zed 06/16/05 10:39 PM Re: chick-a-dee-dee-dee... Buffalo Shrdlu 06/24/05 10:40 AM Re: chick-a-dee-dee-dee... Jackie 06/24/05 01:35 PM Re: stud Elizabeth Creith 06/27/05 04:48 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 767 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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