Re: Invention of the Alphabet

In message <42F0C758.1AB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Richard Herring wrote:

In message <42F00C5A.25C6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter T. Daniels
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>Joachim Pense wrote:
>>
>> Peter T. Daniels:
>>
>> > Joachim Pense wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Peter T. Daniels:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Do you have any trouble reading Thai or Chinese? No word divisions in
>> >> > either script.
>> >>
>> >> People are reported having trouble reading Chinese (classical in
>> >> particular) for exactly that reason.
>> >
>> > Where did you get such reports?
>>
>> Sorry, I messed it up. I was referring to the missing *sentence* >>divisions,
>> and that is something different.
>
>Thai does use clause divisions

For some suitably vague definition of "clause". It doesn't seem to
correspond to the notion of "sentence".

"Sentence" isn't a technical term in linguistics.

But it prompted you to write about clause divisions as though they are something related. So would you care to offer a definition of what the "clauses" are, for which Thai marks divisions? 

> -- and these days Chinese has even
>imported Western punctuation marks.


--
Richard Herring
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