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Pljames Posted 15 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Theory on how the mind contructs the sentence.

There is a program called the visual thesurus. The core word is surrounded by related synonyms as a map. My theory is when writing, ones mind finds the core word that relates to the sentence as a whole and creates words when written into a sentence horizontally. Thoughts please. pljames
  

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You might start by reading Chomsky's Aspects of the Theory of Syntax .

  • You might start by reading Chomsky's Aspects of the Theory of Syntax .
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You might start by reading Chomsky's Aspects of the Theory of Syntax.
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The centipede was happy quite

Until the toad, for fun,

Said, "Pray, which leg goes after which?"

Which wrought his mind to such a pitch,

He lay distracted in a ditch

Considering how to run.

I doubt the question raised has an answer. It is rather like asking if a mirror can reflect itself. It is though instructive to consider it. I am inclined t
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Chomskys is brillant but his work is beyond my understand. I need to read it in simplier English. Can that be done?

pljames

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