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decided to look under the hood of english for two seconds and immediately regretted it. i count myself insanely lucky to be fluent as a native speaker for such a hot disaster of a language

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(5) Qual­i­ty > Size > Shape > Color > Prov­e­nance [Sproat and Shih (1991)]
(6) a. Posses­sive > Speak­er-ori­ent­ed > Sub­ject-ori­ent­ed >Man­ner/The­mat­ic [Cinque (1994)]
b. Value > Di­men­sion > Phys­i­cal prop­er­ty > Speed > Hu­man Propen­si­ty > Age > Color [Dixon (1982)]

just look at what they've been demanding your respect this whole time

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why do the tags on this post refuse to save in order? whatever, figure it out for yourself

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looking at the concept of love and realizing english's solution is 'uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........ adjectives + concept = good idea????' then considering the fascinating scenario of trough thought and through which is just fucked up, or how english absolutely has something akin to tones like mandarin its just considered slang which is FUCKED up considering how integral it is to fluent speech

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