Re: VMs: Chinese thoughts [ was: languages etc]

["R. Brzustowicz" <brz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Dennis wrote:

>
> 	Here's something I still wonder about.  One always
> hears that each Chinese syllable constitutes many
> homophones, and apparently the Chinese themselves think
> of it this way.  However, Jacques once told me here
> that Chinese syllables in fact combine into groups that
> we Indo-Europeans would consider "words" - despite the
> fact that in Chinese all morphemes are free.

Not all morphemes are free.  But context is very important.

R Brzustowicz
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