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From Utterances to Speech Acts

By Mikhail Kissine

"Kissine offers a new theory of speech acts which is philosophically sophisticated and builds on work in cognitive science, formal semantics, and linguistic typology. This highly readable, brilliant essay is a major contribution to the field."

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Query:   Lithuanian knóju
Author:  Leo Connolly
Submitter Email:  click here to access email
Linguistic LingField(s):   Historical Linguistics

Summary:   It turns out that the meaning 'absch��len' i.e. 'peel off' given in the
Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben for Lith. kn��ju (inf. kn��ti) is
correct. I had questioned the meaning because several on-line sources gave
the meaning of kn��ti as 'bark' without further explanation. It turns out
that kn��ju is a fairly rare word which specifically refers to removing the
bark from a felled tree. And yes, lumbermen do ''bark'' a tree after they
cut it. Aren���t dictionaries wonderful?

Thanks to Sturla Berg-Olsen, Klaus Geyer, Peter Arkadiev, Cori
Anderson, Mark Mandel for responding, and especially to Martin K��mmel, who
actually wrote the entry in the LIV. It���s always good to hear from an expert.

Leo Connolly

LL Issue: 19.2633
Date Posted: 28-Aug-2008
Original Query: Read original query


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