Interesting. The word "bark" (or "barking") is not included in the Longman
defining vocabulary.
It is defined as "the sharp sound made by a dog" (all those words are in the
defining vocabulary), and as similar sounds. (01)
This may be one of the semantic primitives missing from the Longman defining
vocabulary; though it can be "defined" (in the dictionary sense), the
understanding depends on the reader having had the perception experience of
hearing a dog bark. (02)
I just added this to the COSMO ontology. Thanks. (03)
Pat (04)
Patrick Cassidy
MICRA Inc.
cassidy@xxxxxxxxx
908-561-3416 (05)
To minimize effort, the list is reproduced here: (06)
Thou
I
Not
That
We
To give
Who
This
What
Man/male
Ye
Old
Mother
To hear
Hand
Fire
To pull
Black
To flow
Bark
Ashes
To spit
Worm (07)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ontolog-forum-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rich Cooper
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 5:30 PM
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> Subject: [ontolog-forum] 15,000-year-old ancestral language
>
> I found an article titled
>
> "Ultraconserved words point to deep language
> ancestry across Eurasia"
>
> That might be interesting to an occasional
> ontologist among us. The URL is:
>
> http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/05/01/12187
> 26110.full.pdf+html
>
> It lists 23 words that are shared in a buncha
> modern languages, and the authors claim the 15,000
> year old dating through statistical analysis.
> They produce what they call a "Phylogenetic Tree
> of the Eurasiatic Language Superfamily".
>
> Are all 23 of these words in Cyc?
>
> Does anyone know if these words are part of Ana
> Wierzbicka's vocabulary of primitives to some
> degree?
>
> -Rich
>
> Sincerely,
> Rich Cooper
> EnglishLogicKernel.com
> Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
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