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it's curious that german language has produced many philosophers, would it have something to do about language structure?
Actually the German language is very interesting. It is not, for example, like most modern Latin derived languages, or even other germanic languages, of the syntactic structure SVO (Subjet-Verb-Object).
"I want some ice cream"
Japanese, is an example of another case, SOV...
(That's why "Master Joda" speaks so funny :innocent: )
However, the general structure of a German sentence is:
V1 + S + O + V2
That is, the German predicate is divided (being a common case, that the last part is empty), and idealy encloses the whole sentence.
However, it is common that some part of the sentence that you want to stress goes out of the frame, and take the first place... It is not, the stupid "rule" that many times is taught to, say, Spanish speakers that want to learn German "verb goes always in the second place"... that only prevents to understand early the deep German structure.
I have read some Germans that say that is the structure of their language, the reason why they have to be very attentive: The predicate is not fully expressed until the whole sentence is spelled out. You should not interrupt your interlocutor by early "guessing" of what he/she want to express.
Well, just a Syntax comment I wanted to make...
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Does the structure of German propells Phylosophy or a better intellectual understanding of things?
It's a provocative question.
(That people like Karl Popper denies).