Inherently unspeakable grammar
From: | Peter Clark <pc451@...> |
Date: | Sunday, November 8, 1998, 19:56 |
> The unitary term language hides the interesting extra-esthetic
factors:
> syntactic/semantic closeness to English, vocabulary size and scope,
> grammatical power, learnability by humans (Jacques Guy has posted some
> wonderful grammar sketches of adequate communication systems that
would be
> inherently unspeakable by beings with our nueral wiring).
Not to change the subject, but since I already have, would some
kind person repost those examples? My curtuosity is piqued!
:Peter
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