Re: [tied] Re: Got to thinkin' about word order

David:

>Having a preferred word order when you don't need one gives highly
>inflected languages so much of their power, since changing the order of a
>sentence from it changes emphasis. That is one thing that English lacks
>sorely.

Perhaps, but English doesn't need this strategy. It has another. It
uses vocal emphasis to underline a word or phrase in speech. And
then again, changing the word order doesn't stop Yoda from getting
his message across to Luke Skywalker :)


- gLeN


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