Jan Coffey wrote:
Yes Dan but that still doesn't change the fact that mechanicaly the words inBut languages _are_ systems.
ones vocabulary are still -memorized-. Whether you sat down and rote
memorized them or memorized them over time, based on familiarity. It isn't a
system.
I never memorized anything by rote and I always did lousy in school but has always been very good at taking standardized tests. Why? The questions can be analyzed and wrong answers eliminated logically.
You can't learn the system and then be able to discover or "create" words based on that system which can then be found as valid words in the dictionary.
Wrong again. You aren't able to create new words, but you most certainly can create sentences, paragraphs and essays. Just like in other systems that don't allow you to change the basic building blocks.
Doug
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