AI program for looking at different languages- wasRe: Nostratic (was Re: Schwebeablaut (was Re: tolkien?))
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 21, 2003, 4:29 |
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In a message dated 2003:12:20 04:52:04 PM, magwich78@YAHOO.COM writes:
>>> Has anyone considered the possibility of, or tried to implement, a
>>> sophisticated AI program for looking at different languages and trying to
>>> find connections between them. I think it would be fascinating to try to
>>> do that.
>>
>>It would be.
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distance"
"computational linguistics," "statistical linguistics," "sociolinguistics,"
"anthropological linguistics," "ethnolinguistics," "applied linguistics,"
"educational linguistics," "language planning," "translation" and "computerized
linguistic analysis/linguistic linguistic AI-/expert-systems/programs."
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