At the origin of language structure

Science Daily ^ | 8/27/2015 | Sissa Medialab

[JimSEA]

There are languages that place the verb between the subject and the object (SVO order -- Subject/ Verb/ Object) while others place it at the end of the trio (SOV order). The order of these elements, far from being purely decorative, influences efficiency of expression. A team from SISSA's Language, Cognition and Development Lab (along with two Iranian institutions) studied the mechanism that controls the transition from the SOV form, considered the "basic" order by scientists, to the SVO order while the language is evolving, demonstrating that when the computational load on the brain is lightened, humans choose more efficient systems of communication which encourage the use of more complex grammatical structures.

[Diamond]

Need more context, I suppose.

I used a web program to generate a random sentence that is grammatically correct but is actually nonsense to illustrate what you have pointed out. I think context has something to do with recognition of words. (And most of the time I don't even need a random nonsense generator program to generate nonsense!)

Cordially,

[Bigg Red]

Ah, I see.

As for nonsense production, I myself am often a random nonsense generator, especially when I get together with my favorite sister, who is another nonsense generator. Our cackling often leaves our husbands puzzled.