Re: Learning a language
From: Nigel Greenwood (ndsg_mmii_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 06/15/04
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Date: 15 Jun 2004 01:40:56 -0700
frisbieinstein@yahoo.com (Patrick Powers) wrote
<...>
> the complex grammar of English is
> unneeded.
But wouldn't you say that the object-focus construction is difficult
to get used to?
<...>
> Idioms are very rare.
That sounds very unlikely. Might be true of a conlang.
<...>
> Most
> adult westerners do not realize they should move the tongue back in
> the mouth about half an inch.
Does this apply to speakers of all European languages?
Nigel
ScriptMaster language resources (Persian/Turkish/Modern & Classical
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