Charles wrote:
> Note that Chinese, English, and the sorta-conlang Bahasa Indonesia
> share the SVO and isolating type of grammar that Bickerton claims
> is universal in pidgins/creoles, and that Lingua Franca and Swahili
> and other trade langs follow this pattern. There may (or may not)
> be some tie-in with adult ability to learn a 2nd language.
Who Bickerton? I've vaguely heard of this but would like more
information. I am always interested in real or so-called language
universals. :)
Ed Heil ------ edheil@postmark.net
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