Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sphinx.UChicago.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!mmar From: mmar@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Mitchell Marks) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: re: false cognates (actually universal tendencies for mother/father words) Message-ID: <789@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Date: Sat, 6-Jul-85 02:00:23 EDT Article-I.D.: sphinx.789 Posted: Sat Jul 6 02:00:23 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Jul-85 05:12:13 EDT Organization: U Chicago -- Linguistics Dept Lines: 17 Sorry if this is not of general interest. I tried a direct reply, but it didn't get through. 550 sdcsvax... User unknown This isn't exactly on your false cognates question, but on the mother/father generalization. I think R. Jakobsen gets the credit for suggesting it, before there even were any psycholinguists. In any case, Georgian provides a wonderful exception. They have `mama' meaning father and `deda' meaning mother! -- -- Mitch Marks @ UChicago ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!mmar