PIE syntax and word-order

[Stanley Friesen]

At 09:19 AM 6/10/01 +0100, petegray wrote:

>There is an expected, but not necessary word order.

Expression rules can certainly be optional.

>So word order is not an essential part of the grammar, in one sense, but it
>is an essential element of the whole linguistic communication.

I guess this is in part a matter of definition, as I consider such things
to be part of the grammar, unless they have no impact at all on the
communicative effect.
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