Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 06:38:03 -0500

From: "David W. Pass" Beatfarm[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM

Subject: Re: Double negatives (was one as a pronoun?)



In a message dated 97-11-16 00:21:30 EST, you write:



Which is the chicken? Which the egg?





Mr. Lance,

Your question is very astute. It is the question, "Did cognition

predicate language, or language, cognition?" It would seem that is a

question that psycholinguists and philosophers have been trying to tackle for

a few years now, and it is still a contaversy.



Dave