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georgia
georgia
i find aphasia fascinating. i wonder how it would work differently in topic prominent languages.
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georgia
georgia
@methyltheobromine aphasia is when you can't understand or create speech presents itself as difficulty with syntax/retrieving words (anomia)
topic prominent languages (like japanese) are languages that syntactically emphasize the topic of a sentence over the subject of it.
topic prominent languages (like japanese) are languages that syntactically emphasize the topic of a sentence over the subject of it.
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@georgia > languages that syntactically emphasize the topic of a sentence over the subject of it.
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georgia
georgia
@methyltheobromine in the way the sentence itself is structured. basically as a topic and then a comment on that topic rather than a subject and an object of the subject.
here are features--
here are features--
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