This is a news article about subconscious English word order rules. I was envious of the sample instructional material. If only I had such a thing for Greek.
http://qz.com/773738/how-non-english-sp ... urce=atlfb
English Word Order Example
English Word Order Example
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You can file this word order under "things are that kind of true, but not really."
The Language Log gave a post to the tweet that this article is based on: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=27890
The Language Log gave a post to the tweet that this article is based on: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=27890
Mike Aubrey, Linguist
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I wasn't under the impression that this was anything other than an amusing story that happens to be largely true. Besides, I have it on good authority that you can make adjectives do whatever you want them to, but you have to mind the verbs.
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People don't seem to discuss word-order for Greek, so much as they discuss parts of speech order.Wes Wood wrote:If only I had such a thing for Greek.
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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Right? And they seem to analyze sentences with the least distribution of parts of speech possible. With all due respect, though, this type of analysis is an enormous task.Stephen Hughes wrote:People don't seem to discuss word-order for Greek, so much as they discuss parts of speech order.Wes Wood wrote:If only I had such a thing for Greek.
Ἀσπάζομαι μὲν καὶ φιλῶ, πείσομαι δὲ μᾶλλον τῷ θεῷ ἢ ὑμῖν.-Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους 29δ