@sapinker although it does make microblogs like twitter easier to use. 140 characters is a lot in中文。
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@sapinker: There is no tense in Chinese, adverb is used to describe tense -- but adverb is not a mandatory composite of a sentence.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker: Chinese is ambiguous -- Punctuations were not in written Chinese until recent 100 years.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker: The sample is a weirdo, it is the longest I have ever seen, though, not the first time.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@A_NEVATHIR Yes, if you ask people to write down a bunch of homophones, they'll have trouble guessing which word was meant. In any language. -
@jkhartshorne However, that does prove that Chinese logographs worked to make meaning clear! Full phonetic notation with tones can't! -
@A_NEVATHIR Sure, extra info helps for this nonsense poem. English example: buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo -
@A_NEVATHIR A logograph would make it easier to understand that poem by distinguishing the nouns & verbs, but not clear it's worth it.
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@sapinker Read the passage to a average Chinese language user and ask her to write down the passage or meaning just heard.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Obviously, scientists don't need to care about logic. And there is actually a way to prove the myth as follows:Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker For the author, jumping from a Chinese sentence to draw claims on entire Chinese corpus is acceptable.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Bunch of logical errors in the "debunking", e.g., jumping from a homophonetic sentence to deduce impossibility of communication.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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