Re: way-OT: regularity of german v. english [was: Re: OT - Programming Languages w/o English Syntax]
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 17:15, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 at 22:02 GMT, Ron Johnson penned:
> >
> > I didn't learn that exact method, but did learn what I guess you'd
> > call "sentence decomposition". It fundamental to being able to
> > comprehend complex sentences.
> >
>
> I don't know about that. Having a mental map of sentences may be
> fundamental to constructing them perfectly, but being able to understand
> them seems to be a less formal process. That is, we may have built a
> diagram subconsciously, but most people don't need to be able to draw
> that diagram to use the language.
But the "less formal process", i.e., intuitive mapping without know-
ing what adjectives, adverbs, participles, etc are is less efficient
than having formal knowledge (even if that formal knowledge does not
consist of drawing diagrams).
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