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A Science Of Human Language - Part #3

... as pedagogic 'rules of grammar'. Rules Of Conformity Before any two people can communicate they must have a shared ... which are 'tolerably' fit for purpose. Phonemic Conformity Language is a means of communication.  Communication ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 23 2009 - 6:50am - 0 attachments

A Science Of Human Language - Part #2

... cues into strings of words in accordance with the rules of conformity of a shared language, a 'speaking brain' makes the task of analysis ... the concept of 'rules of grammar' as social 'rules of conformity'. If you enjoyed this article, you may enjoy other articles about ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 20 2009 - 12:11pm - 0 attachments

A Science Of Human Language - Part #1

A Science Of Human Language - Part #1 Quistic Grammar : A New Universal Grammar In this series of articles I hope to build, on a sure foundation, a theory which explains language as a means by which evolution can encode information of valu ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 20 2009 - 12:24pm - 0 attachments

Obsessive-Compulsive Language Disorder

... Making You Conform ,  I state: "The natural laws of conformity give rise to the patterns in language that we call grammar." and "In ... drift of language is the set of communal rules of conformity ."  In this follow-up, I hope to demonstrate a ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 10 2009 - 3:29pm - 0 attachments

Word Salad And Rules Of Conformity

Word Salad And Rules Of Conformity The conversation-capable computer has often been said to be ... term is  'modern poetry' . Rules of conformity When people communicate, they use the communal protocols of ... small selection of these communal protocols - the rules of conformity - is studied and written down it is often called a grammar.  In ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 8 2009 - 5:19pm - 0 attachments

Who Underestimates Their Systematic Uncertainties ?

It is a well-known fact that it is much easier to measure a physical quantity than to correctly assess the magnitude of the uncertainty on the measurement: the uncertainty is everything ! A trivial demonstration of the above fact is the following. ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jun 7 2009 - 1:27pm - 0 attachments

The Intelligence in the Chinese Room.

... by contexts - what I refer to as the rules of conformity of natural language. Current computer programs are fairly ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 6 2009 - 5:00pm - 0 attachments

Digging Beneath the Surface of Grammar

... salad", there are limiting factors - the (social) rules of conformity that all languages obey.  Even with those factors, the ... or not - by conversers.  These social rules of conformity will be discussed in another article.     It may ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - May 26 2009 - 3:29pm - 0 attachments

A Brief History of the English Language Part 4 - The People's English

... The value of these writings is that they show a remarkable conformity of spelling and vocabulary with the literary writings of the age. ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 27 2009 - 6:08pm - 0 attachments

Sensors In Your Skin?

... before the development of language. This would lead to a conformity of skin architecture. Subsequent to the rise of language, ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Apr 25 2009 - 10:13pm - 0 attachments