[PapuanLanguages] Languages named "No"

[William Foley]

I think Laycock said this somewhere.
Bill

On 25/02/2016 2:24 pm, "PapuanLanguages on behalf of Tom Honeyman"
<papuanlanguages-bounces at anu.edu.au on behalf of tom.honeyman at anu.edu.au>
wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I have often heard anecdotal evidence of a naming pattern, supposedly
>widespread, in various parts of both PNG and Australia of languages
>"named" for the word meaning ³no² (or ³no-having², or the negator) in
>that language.
>
>I'm sure I have a memory of someone either publishing or at least
>blogging about this in the last 10 years or so, but I can't for the life
>of me find the source. ³No² is of course not the only convention either.
>
>Can anyone please point me in the right direction?
>
>Regards,
>Tom Honeyman
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