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Re: OT: THEORY Fusion Grammar

From:Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
Date:Saturday, July 15, 2006, 1:40
Gary Shannon wrote:

> Hypothesis: For any natural language, related elements > are always immediately adjacent and there exists a > complete fusion grammar for that language. > > Comments? Counterexamples? >
Did you want counterexamples from English? (did ... want) Or how about Dutch? Steek er nu mee de niet-brandende fakkel aan om de deur te openen. You've got "nu" (now) in the middle of "ermee" (with it), and "aan" which is part of the word "aansteken" (to light; the sentence refers to lighting a torch) at the end of the phrase with "steek" at the beginning.

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Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...>