Frommer Interviewed on Connecticut Public Radio

Started by wm.annis, October 13, 2011, 02:57:29 PM

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Plumps

Interesting. Thanks for posting that!

The bit about the order of noun phrases and that Na'vi might 'violate' an element of universal grammar is interesting... because we are actually learning, applying and speaking it ;) Just remembered that this might be something that Pawl mentioned to me in a Skype chat a few months back. :)

Kamean

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wm.annis

Quote from: Plumps on October 13, 2011, 04:09:08 PMThe bit about the order of noun phrases and that Na'vi might 'violate' an element of universal grammar is interesting... because we are actually learning, applying and speaking it ;)

There is an assumption in discussions like these that if something violates a "universal" (good luck finding one of those) it is, therefore, unlearnable, rather than merely dispreferred or unusual.  I've never heard a good reason to accept that assumption.

Tsmuktengan

Thank you very much for this very interesting interview.