Hi Mike, "... it's pretty self-evident!"
It's good to hear that coming from a linguist. David Crystal <http://www.davidcrystal.com/?id=3182> explains the idea well. For my purposes, probably I don't need to go much further than this. I'm not sure on Chomsky, or Saussure. Possibly. I remember reading some of their writings when I was looking at this idea last time. thanks, -Steven T. On 16 May 2016 at 07:25, Mike Day <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
