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A whole chapter to show some languages have more complex grammars than others. Can the mathematician at the back stop giggling? Not funny.
— Jan 31, 2010 12:46PM
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Manny
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More comparisons between different Indonesian-type languages, but I must admit I'm feeling rather lost.
— Mar 10, 2010 07:34AM
Manny
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Comparisons between Malay and Tukang Besi. It was smart of him to keep this chapter for last.
— Mar 07, 2010 11:55AM
Manny
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Now starting on Malay, and groping around for a reference point. Well, it belongs to the same superfamily as Hawaiian...
— Mar 05, 2010 12:34AM
Manny
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Read the chapter on Persian, now on Arabic. This book is making more and more sense...
— Mar 04, 2010 06:01AM
Manny
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Finished the chapter on Chinese. Nice to see the author complaining too about how hard this stuff was to follow...
— Mar 01, 2010 09:44AM
Manny
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"If Mandarin is Dutch, Cantonese is High German". So Mandarin got simplified too, but not as much as English.
— Feb 09, 2010 06:25AM
Manny
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All the things English has lost and other Germanic languages haven't. It's an impressive list!
— Feb 06, 2010 06:00AM
Manny
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A long comparison of Estonian with Saramaccan creole, to demonstrate that Estonian grammar really is more complex.
— Feb 05, 2010 12:35AM
Manny
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He thinks that the grammar of a language only becomes radically simplified as a result of contact phenomena. A bold claim!
— Jan 31, 2010 12:18AM
