Re: Natural Order of Events

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:

>
> After a little more thought, that does seem the most logical
> interpretation. Consider the sequence of events in a carnival side show:
>
> First there is the man, then the dog runs in, and then the dog jumps over
> the man. The words reflect the order of appearance of the things and actions
> they portray: man dog jump.
>
> In addition, consider this sentence in English: I saw the man the dog
> jumped over. Same order: man dog jumped.
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That sentence has a relative clause, in which by definition one argument is
omitted, and so you can't really generalise from it, particularly since the
normal syntax is altered.

Eugene