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Re: Word order

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 6, 2002, 20:42
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>So, why is this the case? I've heard people talking about >left-branching and right-branching languages, but I don't really >understand the theoretical interpretation of this.
Yeah, neither do i. Can someone explain this as simply as possible, perhaps giving examples? __________________________ Communication is not just words, communication is...architecture because of course it is quite obvious that the house that would be built without that desire, that desire to communicate, would not look as your house does today.

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