One of my linguist friends, Paul C, says he doesn't know, but thinks
it's pretty self-evident!
Another, Paul B, says "could be Chomsky?" Tony P hasn't replied yet.
Faute de mieux (no verbs there!) I wondered about David Crystal and
Saussure, but haven't
found anything to confirm or refute.
Good Hunting!
Mike
On 14/05/2016 21:59, Steven Taylor wrote:
Hi,
A famous linguist once said that "to understand a new language, that you
should focus on the verbs first." Who said that? I know I came across the
idea of applying this to programming first in this community. It might be
an article or a forum post. Does someone here know?
Here's a short wikipedia article with all permutations of verb, subject,
object <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb%E2%80%93subject%E2%80%93object>.
The reference I'm was along these lines.
I'm doing a talk, and I'd like to attribute this properly.
thanks!
-Steven T.
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