Wednesday, November 13, 2013

In Maddie's presentation she mentioned the relationship of words and information. How once the information is known, the words become irrelevant. This intrigued me because the position of the adjective and the noun are different in spanish than english. In english we would say "the red house" but in spanish "la casa roja" it would read "the house red". In the spanish language generally only inherent qualities or numbers are placed first, such as "la blanca nieva" (the white snow) or "el tercer día"(the third day).Do we gain something in english by placing our adjectives before the noun? Do we sustain the mystery and make the reader or listener pay more attention to the entirety of the sentence? Hmm...

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