Re: Results of Poll by Email No. 27

On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 04:07:04PM -0400, Robert B Wilson wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Apr 2003 12:23:25 +0200 Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>
> writes:
> > If a SVO language has the (A->B) picture in mind, then
> > VSO would be f(x,y).  The verb is the carrier of the
> > action, and has some noun phrases as arguments.
>
> x=S
> y=O
> *=V
> SVO = x*y
> OSV = yx*
>
> hmm... OSV looks like reverse polish notation!
Isn't reverse Polish "xy*" and hence SOV?

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