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Re: KLBC- Vocab. vs. Syntax
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Feb 18 09:20:18 1994
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From: "Matthew Whiteacre" <mmw8970@zeus.tamu.edu>
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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 08:07:35 CST
On 17 Feb 1994 14:00:02 -0800, Matt Gomes wrote:
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> Reply to: KLBC- Vocab. vs. Syntax
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>ghItlh Rob Lent:
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>> I think syntax is more important than building a vocabulary from memory.
>> With the syntax, you can say whatever you want to, you just need to
>> flip through the dictionary until you find what you need.
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>Well, it may be dependent on what kind of person you are, but I personally
>find it frustrating to have to look up each and every word I don't know.
>It's time consuming and annoying. I've found that there are some common
>words that are good to memorize (I memorize about 10 a day). Syntax
>should be a one time shot. Once you've understand it, you know it. Like
>the OVS syntax and how nouns take suffixes. There's just more words
>to memorize than syntax (MANY more!)
>
While you are working on learning the vocab. and/or *qoj* syntax, don't
forget to commit the affixes to memory. They are just as important a part
of the vocabulary as are the words.
While I am learning (I realize that sounds strange, but I am still
definitely learning the language) I started out learning a few words, then
I just those few words to work on the syntax and affixes. While that is
happening, I try to gain a few more words a day.
Using one of the computer parsers helpful, however it does give you a big
crutch which you can get very dependant on. It will, however, allow you to
concentrate on the syntax. I worte one of them and have, for my own use,
tweaked it to scan a document and print out a list of the stems and affixes
which are used. I can then use this smaller subset of the words to aid in
translating the text. This way I still must take the time to look up words
I don't know, thus gaining a little on vocabulary. Most posts here (except
for Krankor or Nick), use less than 100 stems and affixes. This makes a
much simpler list to go through than the 1600 and some odd in the TKD and
others.
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