Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Language evolution

Consider population in generation X(n) ->-> generation X(n+1). Have your own interpretation for the operator ->->. From the linguistic point of view, ->-> could be inheritance or acquisition. If it was inheritance, the English we speak today should have been the same as those days. So ->-> should be acquisition, since the languages are evolving, the mechanism of transferring a language from old to new speakers is flawed(?is flawed the right word?). But the relationship between the acquisition and evolution is very subtle. The next few months I dedicate to formulate computational modes of inquiry into evolutionary linguistics.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

The one verb which the human mind continuously engages from its conception till its disolution is, to compute. There may be an instant when the heart has skipped a beat, but not one when the mind has not computed. Computation is the product of the minds sharp and straight enquiry into nature.