Re: English syllable structure (was, for some reason: Re: Llirine: How to creat a language)

On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, [iso-8859-1] Cheng Zhong Su wrote:

>  --- Patrick Dunn wrote:
> > Well, it depends on context.  So?  Is that a
> > problem?
> >
> > If I lived near a river, the default context of "she
> > went to the bank"
> > might be the bank of the river, but usually the
> > default context of that
> > statement is a financial institution.  One rarely
> > "goes to" a physical
> > feature like the bank of a river.  I'm not sure why;
> > but then, I'm a
> > philologist, not a linguist.
> >
> > "He is a doctor." means he has one of two different
> > degrees, either Ph.D.
> > or MD.  Context might have to determine which, or if
> > one wants to be
> > clear, one can say, "He is a medical doctor" or "He
> > is a doctor of
> > English."
> >
> > "He is a bachelor" means "He is unmarried."  I've
> > never heard it refer to
> > the degree.
> >
> > These exmples of ambiguity cause native speakers, or
> > even foreign speakers
> > with a little experience, absolutely no difficulties
> > at all.  So?
> >
> > --Patrick
> Answer: The Australia linguist has discussed to find a
> new word to separate the two meanings of 'doctor'. It
> is what we discussed about ambiguities. The English
> 'doctor' translated into Chinese become two words,
> while the bachelor for four words, the word 'uncle' or
> 'aunt' split into dozens words. In fact, in average
> every English words was split into few Chinese
> words.Or we may say English define meaning in sentence
> while Chinese define meaning in words. Then how many
> words does a Chinese speaker need to remember? Do they
> need more learning than English speaker? No absolutely
> not, they don't remember them all, they just remeber
> few thousands characters, and compose all the words by
> self. All the benefit come from 'tone'
>  Su Cheng Zhong
Absolute gibberish.  (Does this australian linguist have a name?)


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