Re: _Verum Et Factum Convertuntur_ (or: Surprised By Syntax)

Harlan Messinger wrote:
>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > Harlan Messinger wrote:
> >
> >>My comments below are, obviously, addressed to Stanley Fish, who isn't
> >>here to read them. Is there a rhetorical term for this, addressing a
> >>person who isn't present for the benefit/interest of people who are?
> >>
> >>[snip]
> >>
> >>>In English, for example, most plurals are formed by adding an "s" to
> >>>nouns. Is that the only way to indicate the difference between singular
> >>>and plural? Obviously not. But the language you create, I tell them,
> >>>must have some regular and abstract way of conveying that distinction.
> >>
> >>Again, why?
> >
> >
> > Because it's not Chinese?
>
> It also isn't English. So, again, why does it have to follow English
> precepts concerning the modalities that must be expressed via the syntax?

I believe Mr. Fish was referring to English, which is the departments he
was associated with, and which is probably the only language he's
familiar with.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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