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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Linguistics Studies
oral versus written syntax
Intuitively, which would you say is more complex, oral syntax or written syntax?
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No difference between the two.
- No difference between the two.
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Hi,
Here's my instinctive reaction.
'Oral' is complex, because we often begin to speak befiore we know what we are gong to say. In addition, we can't really go back and change the words we have already said.
'Written' is complex, in that we have an opportunity to think about and to create longer and more carefully constructed sentences, and to form them into in
Here's my instinctive reaction.
'Oral' is complex, because we often begin to speak befiore we know what we are gong to say. In addition, we can't really go back and change the words we have already said.
'Written' is complex, in that we have an opportunity to think about and to create longer and more carefully constructed sentences, and to form them into in
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Hi again,
I agree that they are both complex but I would add that the reasons are different, as I indicated.
Clive
I agree that they are both complex but I would add that the reasons are different, as I indicated.
Clive
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I agree with Clive. 
It's difficult to compare them. Both have several aspects that make them more complex, or simpler than the
It's difficult to compare them. Both have several aspects that make them more complex, or simpler than the
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