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Niki wrote:
> Ok, noting there have been various calls for order,
> I think its only fair to get it back onto topic,
> 
> Assuming there is & are subtle differences percieved
> in the content of literature and hence pictography
> depending upon your reading direction (eye tracking)
> and these could be dependant upon the cultural biases,
> is there a common or universal human pattern or
> direction for reporting or registering sceneries?
> 
> eg. instead of reading X & Y what about Z? forwards
> or backwards? I would have said that emphasis would
> be placed on objects closer in the visual field, so
> is it possible to say, lay the bare foundational
> structure of a language purely on visual real-time
> perception? perhaps the colour of objects is more
> significant in some way, sound, motion,etc. I didnt
> mention perpective engineering here due to there
> being so many ways to represent depths of field.
> 
> The language element comes in thru communication.
> How could more complex grammars and syntax have
> formed, if there are common biological bonds of
> sight, sounds, taste, etc perception between us?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> n.
> 
I doubt there is any common pattern. I've read that some arctic peoples 
can read newspapers upsidedown and sideways as easily as rightside up, 
left to right.  Folks in Papua did even recognize polaroid phots of 
themselves until they were told what the image represented.  The first 
experience of vision is chaotic for folks who could see after surgery, 
for the first time.  It takes several weeks of aculturation to be able 
to organize visual data into meaningful patterns.  Seeing is very 
ideological.

Sure there are common biological bonds between all of us.  Our 
biological equipment.  Ears, eyes, etc. But I think you're intimating 
that various "values" might be attached to this.  I'm skeptical about 
that.  A lot of people in the world love the taste of rancid fat, and a 
lot find it repulsive.  I used to hate the taste of cooked bellpepper, 
but once I was at a diner where stuffed bell pepper was served and I had 
to eat it to be polite.  It used to make me vomit, in fact, but after 
this dinner, I actually like it.

Can you think of a language that has LESS complex grammars and syntax? 
All natural languages seem to be equally complex and sophisticated - 
language development doesn't seem to follow a progressive model.