The grammatical code of Latin



The grammatical code of Latin employs totally different devices. For the meaning "dog bites man" it marks the unit "dog" as nominative (cants), the unit "man" as accusative (yirum), and it can then combine these words with tnordet"bites" in any order whatever. For the opposite message it would mark "dog" as accusative (canem), "man" as nominative (wr), and it could then again combine these with tnordetin any order at all.
English grammar signals the difference between subject and object by means of word order; Latin grammar signals it by means of inflectional endings; other languages use still other device^     I semantic connection at an, me to or try to come, tor example, or the 4yof quickly.

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