Re: LANGUAGE LAWS

Ray wrote :
> Indeed, it has often been observed, rightly IMHO, that although the
> _written_ French pretends that the language is an inflexional one that's
> hardly changed since the 13th century, the modern _spoken_ language is
> essentially polysynthetic. But I don't observe that French society has
> been moving towards the Stone Age since the 13th century!
That's true in a way, but the underlying inflected structure is still here for ever
since it is so written.

Written french :
'L'homme que j'ai rencontri hier est venu ` la maison aujourd'hui pour me rendre le
parapluie que j'avais oublii chez lui'
Spoken French :
'Cet homme, je l'ai rencontri hier; et aujourd'hui il est venu chez moi; c'est
parce que j'avais oublii mon parapluie chez lui; alors il me l'a rendu'.
VERY bad French, and the only French all French speak except for 'official'
circumstances :-) I'm not sure we're stone-ageing though :-)
But please, Ray, don't be too hard on fellow conlangers : abide by the rules you made :-)
Mathias


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