Jason Wehmhoener

"The researchers recruited speakers of English, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish, all of which use the subject-verb-object construction. They also gathered participants who spoke Turkish, which orders sentences as subject-object-verb. The participants were shown a series of illustrations and asked to communicate the scenes depicted using only gestures. The resulting nonverbal communication was predominantly comprised of subject-object-verb order, regardless of the speaker’s language." - Jason Wehmhoener via Bookmarklet

I wonder if Yoda thinks that way too. - Amit Patel

Passive form of Chinese is OSV (OAV). * 那橘子被我吃掉了 - lit. The orange by me is eaten. o 橘子(Orange)is an Object, 我 (I, me) is considered as Subject in Chinese, 吃 (Eat, ate) is Verb. This word order appears in a number of constructed languages, such as Teonaht, as it is often chosen by language inventors for its exotic sound. The Star Wars character Yoda speaks in a modified form of this word order. This word order is also used in the game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars by Bowyer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O... - Jason Wehmhoener

But does he think in OSV or SOV? Has anyone here ever seen Yoda doing sign language? - Jason Wehmhoener

The way to find out is to have Mr. Spock do a mind meld with Yoda… - Amit Patel

Yes, that's true. But I've never seen Spock and Yoda in the same place. What if they're the same person?! - Jason Wehmhoener

Jason, the most blasphemous thing I have heard all night, that is. Yeesssssss. -ears fold down- - Mona N.

another evening reading recommendation: The Geography of Thought - Anthony Citrano

Mona: hehe! Anthony: Looks good, thanks for the recommendation. - Jason Wehmhoener