Impossible Languages
By Andrea Moro
By Andrea Moro
By Andrea Moro
By Andrea Moro
Category: Reference | Science & Technology
Category: Reference | Science & Technology
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$30.00
Sep 19, 2023 | ISBN 9780262549233
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Aug 26, 2016 | ISBN 9780262335614
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Praise
“Impossible Languages is written in a succinct and easy-to-follow style, focusing on what makes human language distinct from any other communication system.”
–Journal of Universal Language
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
1 Learning from the Impossible 1
2 Capturing the “Stem Mind” 11
3 Sentences as Snowflakes 21
4 The Unreasonable Sieve 33
5 The Boundaries of Babel 45
6 Intermezzo or What Exists When a Tree Exists? 61
7 Toward the Source of Order 71
8 The Sound of Thought 85
9 The Inverse Thunderstorm 99
10 Better Than Possible: Artificial Languages 107
11 A Closer Look at the Turtle’s Eyes 117
References 123
Index 137
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