Okay, Hi all. The word I was searching for last night in our discussion of language in Salt was syntax. In addition to the use of decidedly anglo saxon words, Binh’s syntax did not have an asian flavor to it. At least not in the narrative itself. Different branches of languages tend to go along with pre supposed syntax, and when a novice to a language is feeling their way through a sentence, they might get the words right but change the placement of subject, object, etc.
The word syntax came to me in a dream last night and I woke up to jot it down. I dreamed actively last night. Our discussion in class along with the 40 more pages I read when I got home, interlaced with snippets on NPR from my drive home, pushed me out of bed this morning and to my laptop. Common for many, but rare for me to feel so compelled to write before setting the household to life. Good on you all. - Delia
