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Re: Can the Chinese language express more things in XMLthan ca

• From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 15:25:11 +0000

On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 at 15:22, Thomas Passin <list1@tompassin.net> wrote:
> English is not limited to those three kinds of expressions.  In
> addition, English - and most if not all other natural languages - often
> use context and emphasis to fill in understanding, but the way in which
> they do it will differ.
>
> Consider (this example is from memory from long ago), where *...* means
> emphasis:
>
> - Do I have a car?
> - Do *I* have a car?
> - Do I *have* a car?
> - Do I have *a* car?
> - Do I have a *car*?
> - *Do* I have a car?
>
> They all look like questions, but they all suggest some different
> relationship between me and a car.  Some of them are statements
> disguised as a question.  Many of them could have different meanings
> depending on context.
>
> It could be an interesting question whether Chinese has more flexibility
> or ambiguity than English, but your question is way too limited.
>
> And anyway, which of the seven or more main groups of Chinese will you
> choose (https://www.daytranslations.com/blog/chinese-languages/)?

Seems Roger has little understanding of the syntax | semantics relationship.

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Dave Pawson
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• References:
  • Can the Chinese language express more things in XML than can beexpressed in English?
    • From: Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org>
  • Re: Can the Chinese language express more things in XMLthan can be expressed in English?
    • From: Thomas Passin <list1@tompassin.net>