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From: d85-kai@nada.kth.se (Kai-Mikael J{{-Aro)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: words order in English and Japanese
Message-ID: <275@draken.nada.kth.se>
Date: 16 Jan 88 16:11:14 GMT
References: <1671@russell.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: d85-kai@nada.kth.se (Kai-Mikael J{{-Aro)
Organization: The Royal Inst. of Techn., Stockholm
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In article <1671@russell.STANFORD.EDU> nakashim@russell.stanford.edu (Hideyuki Nakashima) writes:
>I came up with a theory to explain the difference in word orders
>between English and Japanese.  This is a very naive theory.  Any
>comments are welcome.
>
>In English, verbs come very early in the sentence.  Second position in
>declarative and the first position in imperative.  In Japanese, verbs
>come at the end of sentences.>

Verbs usually come at the end of sentences in German as well and I'm
not convinced that the Germans are more of a farming people than the
English. (In fact, English *is* a Germanic language.)

		/Kai-Mikael 

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