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Those are less than "sentences" because word order doesn't matter and they're not recursive (so they can't go on forever).
by astrange 4y ago
Those are less than "sentences" because word order doesn't matter and they're not recursive (so they can't go on forever).
- xyzzy_plugh 4y agoThis is overly pedantic. How many conversations with a two year old have you had? Word order does not matter, recursion doesn't matter (a two year old can make a sentence go on forever without recursion even)
- astrange 4y agoTwo year olds learn a lot more language in a year than chimps can. Can't have a sentence like "dog bites man" without word order even if it's made of logograms.