Andre,
Are you saying the Chinese look at the meaning of something and don't
break it down into its' smaller parts right off the bat? So, they can break
down a meaningful event/character, but that is not what they habitually do,
unless of course the intend to. In other words, for me to relate maybe a bit
better, I see this in the same thread as those that don't pay much attention to
grammar but love the meaning and ideas in what verbiage is communicating. Look
at poetry for instance. Doesn't follow the rules of grammar, the structure of
how a sentence is supposed to be, for that would take away from the meaning,
which is the real intent to a poet or a poet that would write or sing in such a
way.
woods,
SA
--- On Tue, 9/30/08, Andre Broersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Andre Broersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [MD] Subject: Re: A Rally Speech
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 2:41 PM
> Bodvar says:
>
> One question I would have liked to ask regarding China is
> about language, but then there surely are several
> languages.
>
> Roughly about 57 Bodvar but how many exactly I do not know.
> There are 57
> "National" minorities here each with their own
> language, belief systems and
> cultural mores.Some can understand eachother some cannot.
> The National
> language is Putong Hua which is spoken by most Han people
> (the largest
> group...the dominant " Communist Party" group.
> Every child has to learn
> Putong Hua. This means for me (amongst other things), as
> English teacher
> that English is the 3rd language learned for a large
> majority of my
> students. Anyway, this is a bit of trivia but as you know
> the concepts
> Chinese people use to communicate are a brabble of sounds
> (same as ours
> ...to an outsider anyway,which still is only Chinese to me)
> but they write
> in 'characters', a combination of
> 'strokes', from relatively simple to very
> complex pieces of art. These 'symbols' represent
> 'meaning' and combinations
> thereof allow for the communication of these meanings (with
> their own set of
> very complex grammatical rules and proscriptions). What
> struck me first was
> the realisation that they think in these characters...not
> in subjects,
> objects, verbs etc etc. That's why they have such
> difficulty coming to grips
> with the English language. But by no means am I an expert
> in Chinese
> linguistics...not even in English.
> Following on from this talk of developing a new language to
> make sense
> of processes that happen at the quantum level...I
> 'sense' that the Chinese
> are slightly less "suspended in language" than we
> are in the West.
>
> And Bodvar, thank you for you snappy explanation on the
> "state of the MoQ".
> I will respond in a later edition.
>
> Chris writes:
>
> Allready shouted about socialism without respons.
>
> I will come back to you on this one Chris but am at present
> caught up in the
> October 1 celebrations where the garbage trucks outside my
> hotel window
> blast Happy Birthday through their megaphones. Ahhh these
> Chinese.... .
> But my internet connection is bad/unreliable from where I
> am now so must
> suspend communications for a bit.
>
> Peace to you all.
> Andre
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