Don’t ask me how it ends British linguist Robert Dixon disappeared in the middle of Australia He studied mathematics at Oxford in 1964 and then specialized in linguistics at Edinburgh. But there he devoted himself to an in-depth study of Australian indigenous languages and became fascinated by one of them: Dyirbal. And after that all other linguists. Because Dixon discovered that Dyirbal has four categories of words (like four genders). The second category includes women, fire and dangerous things. Imagine what a linguistic representation of the world it is. Scorpions and snakes are, of course, in the second group. This grammatical aspect of Dyirbal is so fascinating that another linguist, George Lakoff, He gave the same title to a book he wrote on semantics and the relationship between the grammar of languages and human cognition.
So I I will be no less than my colleagues Dixon and Lakoffand here I go. Women, fire and dangerous things. And in front of them, with the magnificent Fogui in my hand, I completely fall into the category. Considering what we’ve seen so far in pre-season and the two days we’ve been at LEB Oro, my Lucentum boys share this category with me. Because don’t tell me if Jon Axel Guðmundsson is in danger collect it in your hand. The other day, he scored six three-pointers against Leyma Coruña, one of the undefeated teams in the league, and became the most valuable player of HLA Alicante. Watch out for the Icelandic guard, who was the MVP of the match and went straight into FEB’s ideal starting lineup. If your opponents see Czech Richard Balint lurking in the corners of the court, they should tremble… because that three-point shot is going into the goal and they know it.
Having Muş Barro in the post is something to be afraid of, because if he doesn’t block, he will throw a brutal dunk in the opponent’s face. The Senegalese strength of 208 centimeters puts it firmly in the number two word category in the Dyirbal language. Professor Dixon will also not have much hesitation when it comes to placing Kevin Bercy, who will follow the region again in this Friday’s match against UEMC Real Valladolid Baloncesto. Paco García’s men arrive at Pedro Ferrándiz We aim to get our first win of the season away. Among them is a real player like Devin Schmidt, who had the luxury of scoring 20 points for the Castile team last weekend. But Captain Edu Gatell will be there and tell him “not at my house.” Let’s see if he can learn to say it in one of these Australian languages, although the truth is he won’t need it. So is Kostadinov. With his sultry defense there will be no need for words.
So what do you want me to tell you? I find it fascinating that a lost language, fifteen thousand kilometers away in Australia, shows us how the human mind categorizes reality. So, if you want to see a team “on fire”, if you want to have fun determining which elements of HLA Alicante belong to the second category of diyirbal words, do not miss the Friday night appointments.