27-05-2016, 06:35 PM
Alas I don't know what happened with Jacques Guy. Last I read (at Diane's blog) is that he was in contact with Gerry Kennedy when the latter was writing his book.
Indeed, the Mandarin example was to give an example how the word structure could arise, which would not work for any Indo-European language (I think. I welcome evidence to the contrary!). I don't believe that this is the solution though. There are scores of more likely scenarios than a European writing the MS in the far East, or a Chinese in Europe dictating the MS.
Indeed, the Mandarin example was to give an example how the word structure could arise, which would not work for any Indo-European language (I think. I welcome evidence to the contrary!). I don't believe that this is the solution though. There are scores of more likely scenarios than a European writing the MS in the far East, or a Chinese in Europe dictating the MS.