I cant say for sure, but I think the syntax came from Low-German only.
Latin and French contribution was only vocabulary.
Now look some examples.
Morphology
Verbs:
I speak, he speaks, we...
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I cant say for sure, but I think the syntax came from Low-German only.
Latin and French contribution was only vocabulary.
Now look some examples.
Morphology
Verbs:
I speak, he speaks, we...
English grammar today is easier than that one at the time of Shakespeare.
Greek, latin, german and romance languages are more complex. Language determines thought. The most complex grammar, most...
Before the Roman occupation (latin culture) english language was very poor. Abstract words (philosophical and theological concepts) didn't exist yet in english. Abstract words, concepts and thoughts...
The question is:
which are the 10 more influential books...
... in the whole world (not just in USA, Europe or western world... but on Earth);
... in any time (It means the books that changed...
However, the most influent books (or writers) in the whole world, ever, (in my personal oppinion) are:
- Vedas
- I-Ching
- Bible
- Homer's
- Plato's
- Aristotle's
- Bhagavad Gita
- Koran
I agree, and I think he does not deserves so many attention here. He is mediocre, end of story.
JBI, I'd like to see your top ten.
(Yes, I know things like "top ten" are typicaly Bloom, but this...
That I said above was a metonymy I did.
What I really intent to mean is: "when Confucius and Laozi lived".
Understood?
Now,
I know Laozi maybe never existed (but I personaly belive he...
I'm talking about the age called Hundred Schools of Thought , when Confucius and Laozi lived. They were almoust contemporaries.
Read about that period. It happened almoust at the same time of the...
"I-Ching is the base of Confucionism, Neo-Confucionism and other thoughts...".
"...Also, maybe as important as I-Ching (for the top ten) is the Tao Te Ching (because the Tao Te Ching is the basis...
JBI said: "Daoism has never been the basis of Confucianism, and the two political philosophies conflict with each other".
I never said the opposite, my friend. Read it right before accuse me
I...
Ok, about Marx and Mao I agree!
But don't talk about Harold Bloom! He's awful. No one cares for what he thinks.
Anyway, I read that book. But no academic professor or student gives importance...
Boccaccio's Decameron had a great impact in literature. We can not forget him.
Now, if we consider just poetry (lyric, epic and other kind of verse) I would propose the top 3 -
In the world:...
The Vedas influenced 4 of 7 Schools of Thought in Ancient India. The other 3 weren't "Vedic schools" but they came from a tradition that included the Vedas.
I-Ching is the base of Confucionism,...
Actually, they are 12 books:
Vedas (All Schools of Thought from Ancient India has the Vedas as its base to agree or disagree)
I Ching (Since its origin until the Confucionism and the...
Romeo and Juliet
Came from the story of Matteo Bandello, written in 1554, based on the story of Luigi Da Porto, written in 1524. Shakespeare’s version was written between 1591 and 1595, 41 years...
Literature in spanish:
Octavio Paz (Mexico)
Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina)
Julio Cortázar (Argentina)
Pablo Neruda (Chile)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombia)
Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru) ...
Indigenous Brazilian.
Our work will be in Brazil, a community of Brazilian native indians of the state of Espirito Santo (ES). The indigenous community is out of cities, in country.
That may be a...
...I understand some Sicilian and Catalan too.
Maybe next mouth (or next year, I don't know yet when it'll be exactly) My wife and I will be in a indian comunity for a linguistic research work....
I was not talking about literature at that moment.
I was trying to emphasize the sacrifice of our forces, and that sacrife is almost unknown by the Brazilians. I'm tired of seeing Brazilian teachers telling lies about Brazilian actions in WWII. It...
The most important of an internet forum is meet people from all countries.
So we can have a different view upon other cultures, cause mass-media provide us a partial view.
Usually, Hollywood...
The Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB, in Portuguese) was the name given to military force of 25,300 Brazilian men who fought alongside the Allies in Italy during the Second World War.
The first...
I belive Brazil is changing very fast! Some things go worst, some better.
But in USA, Shakespeare is not popular nowadays. Just the scholars, nerds and intelectuals read this kind of text. The...
Dante wrote in the Tuscan dialect, the matrix of the current Italian.
The verses you shared above I can read, but some words are very strange for me. Now I'm confuse if it is Tuscan dialect or...
Description: Porto Seguro, Island of Vera Cruz, Brazil, 1 May 1500 – Letter from Pęro Vaz de Caminha to the King of Portugal, Manuel I. This is the first document describing the land and people of...