Resolving the Infinitude Controversy.
| Autor: | Kornai, András |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Logic, Language & Information; Dec2014, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p481-492, 12p |
| Abstrakt: | A simple inductive argument shows natural languages to have infinitly many sentences, but workers in the field have uncovered clear evidence of a diverse group of 'exceptional' languages from Proto-Uralic to Dyirbal and most recently, Pirahã, that appear to lack recursive devices entirely. We argue that in an information-theoretic setting non-recursive natural languages appear neither exceptional nor functionally inferior to the recursive majority. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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