I understand that -- as a parser, of course it's not its job to understand sarcasm or wit. Just referencing the old Chomskian bit about statistical correlates

I understand that -- as a parser, of course it's not its job to understand sarcasm or wit. Just referencing the old Chomskian bit about statistical correlates and how relevant it is to understanding the fundamental principles behind the expression of language (rather than merely its syntax). I guess it was a bad joke gone over. ah well