1. Chinese
... optional medial vowel or glide (three choices), a main vowel (three or four choices), an optional secondary vowel (two choices), and an optional terminator (n", "ng", or "r"); but only 30 or so combinations of these elements are valid. Syntax While the verb-object and subject-predicate "compounds" are shown to be noncompound words, some "NPs" are demonstrated to be compounds, on a par with ... meaning, such as horse or bird. There are also a very small number of simple ideographs which suggest an abstract idea directly, like one. All the rest of chinese characters are combinations of th...
- Word Count: 1221
- Approx Pages: 5
- Grade Level: Undergraduate