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Author
Doubleofive's Roommate
Parent topic
Yodaspeak: A Study In Yoda's Speaking Patterns and Their Frequency in the Star Wars Movies
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Date created
8-Apr-2011, 8:18 PM

Hey guys.

I'll get to work on this as soon as I can and get back to you with some answers. From a preliminary look at the discussion so far, I might need a bit more information. Divorcing a statement from its context might lead to some incorrect conclusions on my part -- for example, "a prophecy that misread may have been", if a standalone statement, is ungrammatical in any syntax on earth, but if it is a response to someone talking about a prophecy, then it could very well be a noun phrase and not a complete sentence. That would make it unusual, but still grammatical in a verb-final type of language (like Korean or Japanese).

I may have to return with some questions to the wise people of these forums as far as sentences where the wider dialog may be needed. I've seen the movies myself a number of times, but my recollection is not so good on these specific data. =)

Regards,

Tim, doublofive's roommate and resident linguist