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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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 Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| The example I like to point to is a certain literary form used by poets where the S-V-O order is switched to facilitate rhyming. The same is done in the lyrics of old English hymns (to allow them to rhyme) I wonder if the freedom to do that might not have come from encountering Korean grammar, (e.g. a sort of early-fascination-with-the-East form of imitation. |
Pretty unlikely considering the extremely limited contact between Korea and any western people, let alone English speakers, until the 19th century. It's really just evidence of the flexibility of English (all languages, really) and the influence of Latin, French, and German, where that word order is much more common. S-O-V is actually the most common grammar in the world. |
It is true that S-O-V occurs in English poetry. I've read that Anglo-Saxon poets first began using SOV to copy the flow of Italian and French poetry, thus introducing rhymed verses to the English language. The OSV structure also occurs in English (The apple that John ate).
In any case, comparative linguistics is a simplistic way of viewing languages, especially if we are discussing language acquisition. The natural occurance of differences and similarities (such as sentence structure) between a second language and a learner's first language isn't a clear indicator of the level of difficulty in learning the second language. |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:02 am Post subject: |
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| Not that it matters a damn, but sure, the t shirt sucks, whether you are being photographed or not... |
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