Check out the following article from *Scientific American. *Be sure to scroll down the comments at the end of the article to the one about the pivotal role grammar plays. Right now, it's the last comment: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-secret-language-code John To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/