Re: Star Wars - Yoda
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 26, 1999, 16:47 |
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Joshua Shinavier wrote:
> Hmm, isn't his word order a little too weird for that? Could a language
> go from OSV to SVO in 900 years? Bit of a futile question, I know,
> considering that OSV languages are next to unknown...
Hmm, who knows? That was just a hypothesis, but perhaps both are true.
If Yoda's native language was OSV, and he learned the human language 800
years ago, his speech could be a combination of his native language, the
humans' language of 800 years ago, and the modern form of the language.
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