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Natural Order of Events

From:Falcata Lusa <falcata.lusa@...>
Date:Thursday, November 6, 2008, 13:48
I found this while browsing for word order.
May be of interest to someone.

http://news.uchicago.edu/news.php?asset_id=1401

It's about how mind appears to have a consistent way of organizing an event
that defies the order in which subjects, verbs, and objects typically appear
in languages.

Do you ever think about how your conlang speakers would communicate if they
were deprived of their language (written or spoken)?
--
Falcata Lusa

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