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It should be obvious that, since English clearly IS capable of being reliably serialized to and from text, that any proof that it can't be is obviously based on
by jameshart 11y ago
It should be obvious that, since English clearly IS capable of being reliably serialized to and from text, that any proof that it can't be is obviously based on a flawed assumption, and so functions as a proof by contradiction of its assumption's falsity. In this case, it would be the semigroup model for orthography/phonology which is the flawed assuption.
- andreasvc 11y agoWhile I agree, it should be noted that there has been serious controversy about the question whether language and language use can and should be characterized by rules, or whether it is based on some kind of emergent phenomenon or dynamical system (connectionism). The controversy is still not really over. Personally I don't think it's an either/or question, but about levels of description.