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Does grammar emerge from speech, or speech from grammar?

Does grammar emerge from speech, or speech from grammar?

Grammar emerges from speech
Speech emerges from grammar


Votes: 235 Comments: 2 Added: August 2003
Comments:
nevar111 - 10th November 2006 22:16
Get real! Speech obviously began long before "grammar" was developed.
 
Vidableek - 29th February 2008 22:28
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.
 
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