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Remarks on the science and technology of language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Jens Erik Fenstad
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Abstract

Language and logic are inseparably intertwined in the European intellectual tradition. It has not always been an easy relationship. There have always been issues of substance whether the two were friends or foes. Today computation is a part of the equation, and we are seeing the development of a new discipline of computational linguistics. But meaning in language is more than the combinatorial properties of signs. We note some limitations of the current technology and put forward some observations on the broader topic of grammar and mind.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Review , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , April 1996 , pp. 107 - 120
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 1996

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