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Re: Chomsky's notions

From:Steve Cooney <stevencooney@...>
Date:Monday, January 26, 2004, 21:02
I thought Chomsky was explaining how it would be
*possible*, not easy. ;)

-SC
symbolproject.org

--- Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...> wrote:
> I thought the problem with Chomsky is that many > people > thought it would be easy and fast to make a > translating machine using his theories, and then > they > realized that it wasn't ? (but only after much money > had been spent) > > --- Steve Cooney <stevencooney@...> wrote: > > --- Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote: > > > > > I thought Chomsky's (linguistic) notions were > > > flawed generally! ;) > > > > LOL. It's not that they are flawed, rather they > were > > important steps in the process of developing a > > larger > > understanding. Of course, we can say now that his > > studies of syntax structures - comparing them, > seems > > like just another Newton's apple experiment - but > > consider what they lead to, and where they are > > going... > > > > > > -Steven Cooney > > > ===== > Philippe Caquant > > "Le langage est source de malentendus." > (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. > Try it! > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/
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