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Conlangery #92: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

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What's the Difference Between Satellite Framed and Verb Framed Languages?

Satellite framed versus verb framed languages. Do your main verbs of motion encode manner directly or do you have to add some extra adjuncts? So the big difference is like English. Basically, we have go, come, but manner is also encoded. And direction is indicated by satellites, ie adjuncts,. I skipped to the ice cream man or ice cream truck. In general, there's a tendency for language to be more strongly satellite framed and less strongly verb framed.

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