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<blockquote data-quote="Skade" data-source="post: 798762" data-attributes="member: 3320"><p>Edit: So the conversation might be on topic after all. I originally asked simply, if there were languages that did not use inlfection, or as I quickly learned intonation. Humans apparently may not need such things, but few languages do not use them to one degree or another. Japanese being theonly example of a real world language that does not necesaruily require it, but still uses it regualrly. </p><p></p><p>So, would non human languages use intonation or inflection? Celestial, Draconic, the Black Speech, Slaracian, or Igna for that matter, or maybe a complex language elves don't teach the petty small humans?</p><p></p><p>Original post: A recent argument with my roommate leads to the question, are there any languages that do not depend on inflection? The argument stems from whether or not English does require the use of inflection so as to not upset or offend a person when making a joke which might be percieved as snide.</p><p></p><p>We see this all the time here on the boards, which is why emoticons are so prevalent. Even so, those emoticons which should serve as a means of expressing say a big grin, could be used to describe sarcasm in certain situations. </p><p></p><p>The roommate in question does not inflect anything by the way. Excitement and anger sound exactly the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skade, post: 798762, member: 3320"] Edit: So the conversation might be on topic after all. I originally asked simply, if there were languages that did not use inlfection, or as I quickly learned intonation. Humans apparently may not need such things, but few languages do not use them to one degree or another. Japanese being theonly example of a real world language that does not necesaruily require it, but still uses it regualrly. So, would non human languages use intonation or inflection? Celestial, Draconic, the Black Speech, Slaracian, or Igna for that matter, or maybe a complex language elves don't teach the petty small humans? Original post: A recent argument with my roommate leads to the question, are there any languages that do not depend on inflection? The argument stems from whether or not English does require the use of inflection so as to not upset or offend a person when making a joke which might be percieved as snide. We see this all the time here on the boards, which is why emoticons are so prevalent. Even so, those emoticons which should serve as a means of expressing say a big grin, could be used to describe sarcasm in certain situations. The roommate in question does not inflect anything by the way. Excitement and anger sound exactly the same. [/QUOTE]
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