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Article #5383Re: "invention" of silent reading (McLuhan)
From: Peter T. Daniels
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:28
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:28
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LEE Sau Dan wrote: > > >>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Daniels <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> writes: > > >> So in Thailand everybody still reads out loud? > > Peter> Not to mention China and Japan. At least in Thailand you > Peter> get the occasional word space. > > Chinese indicates the syllable boundary very clearly. Indicating _every_ syllable boundary provides no more information than indicating _no_ syllable boundary. It still doesn't help you identify the words, phrases, and clauses. > Japanese > indicates the morpheme boundaries by switching script, and indicates > the mora boundary clearly except with the Kanji's and Romaji's. > > Thai marks no syllable boundaries nor word boundaries. So, I guess > Thai is "worse" in this case. -- Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net
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