Poll: Does grammar emerge from speech, or speech from grammar?
Does grammar emerge from speech, or speech from grammar?
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- Added: August 2003
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Yeah, a certain speech is made up then the rules of grammar just sort of happen. Like how there's no L sound in the chinese language. No one determined that then started to make the language.
chicken or egg ?
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nevar111
Get real! Speech obviously began long before "grammar" was developed.