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On Chomsky and the Two Cultures of Statistical Learning
Charles Darwin (biologist, 1809–1882) "False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for ev... Read more
http://norvig.com/chomsky.html
Tags: statistics, chomsky, science, linguistics, language, math, norvig, toread, machinelearning, probability Saved by: admin at 29 May 2011
Charles Darwin (biologist, 1809–1882) "False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for ev... Read more
http://norvig.com/chomsky.html
Tags: statistics, chomsky, science, linguistics, language, math, norvig, toread, machinelearning, probability Saved by: admin at 29 May 2011
MIT Press Journals - Computational Linguistics
Starting with Volume 35, Issue 1, Computational Linguistics became an open access journal, freely available to all online readers. There is no longer a print edition. Back issues in print from Volume... Read more
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/coli
Tags: linguistics, journal, nlp, language, research, ai, computing, computational, mit, journals Saved by: admin at 28 May 2011
Starting with Volume 35, Issue 1, Computational Linguistics became an open access journal, freely available to all online readers. There is no longer a print edition. Back issues in print from Volume... Read more
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/coli
Tags: linguistics, journal, nlp, language, research, ai, computing, computational, mit, journals Saved by: admin at 28 May 2011
Chinese Etymology Home Page
What you see here is the result of the past 20 years of my efforts to make Chinese character etymology information available online. Please donate so I can keep this information on line and updated. A... Read more
http://www.chineseetymology.org/
Tags: chinese, etymology, dictionary, language, reference, 中文, history, china, tools, linguistics Saved by: admin at 13 Jan 2011
What you see here is the result of the past 20 years of my efforts to make Chinese character etymology information available online. Please donate so I can keep this information on line and updated. A... Read more
http://www.chineseetymology.org/
Tags: chinese, etymology, dictionary, language, reference, 中文, history, china, tools, linguistics Saved by: admin at 13 Jan 2011
Google Labs - Books Ngram Viewer
"See how often phrases have occurred in the world's books over the years. Google Books has scanned over 10% of all books ever published, and now you can graph the occurrence of phrases up to five word... Read more
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/
Tags: google, books, statistics, tools, visualization, linguistics, literature, corpus, words, via:packrati.us Saved by: admin at 17 Dec 2010
"See how often phrases have occurred in the world's books over the years. Google Books has scanned over 10% of all books ever published, and now you can graph the occurrence of phrases up to five word... Read more
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/
Tags: google, books, statistics, tools, visualization, linguistics, literature, corpus, words, via:packrati.us Saved by: admin at 17 Dec 2010
Linguistics Challenge Puzzles
Babylonian. Decipher an educational document in the cuneiform writing system. Georgian, a modern language that uses an ancient script. Orkhono-Yeniseyan, an ancient language of Western Asia. Samoan... Read more
http://webscript.princeton.edu/~ahesterb/puzzles.php
Tags: linguistics, language, puzzle, puzzles, game, fun, games, languages, problems, words Saved by: admin at 28 Aug 2010
Babylonian. Decipher an educational document in the cuneiform writing system. Georgian, a modern language that uses an ancient script. Orkhono-Yeniseyan, an ancient language of Western Asia. Samoan... Read more
http://webscript.princeton.edu/~ahesterb/puzzles.php
Tags: linguistics, language, puzzle, puzzles, game, fun, games, languages, problems, words Saved by: admin at 28 Aug 2010
Nick Patrick - Did Americans in 1776 have British accents?
Reading David McCullough’s 1776, I found myself wondering: Did Americans in 1776 have British accents? If so, when did American accents diverge from British accents?The answer surprised me. I’d al... Read more
http://www.nicholasjohnpatrick.com/post/767354896/did-americans-in-1776-have-british-accents
Tags: language, english, history, accent, american, british, linguistics, interesting, via:packrati.us, questions Saved by: admin at 05 Jul 2010
Reading David McCullough’s 1776, I found myself wondering: Did Americans in 1776 have British accents? If so, when did American accents diverge from British accents?The answer surprised me. I’d al... Read more
http://www.nicholasjohnpatrick.com/post/767354896/did-americans-in-1776-have-british-accents
Tags: language, english, history, accent, american, british, linguistics, interesting, via:packrati.us, questions Saved by: admin at 05 Jul 2010
New Nicaraguan sign language shows how language affects thought | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine
In the 1970s, a group of deaf Nicaraguan schoolchildren invented a new language. The kids were the first to enrol in Nicaragua’s new wave of special education schools. At first, they struggled with ... Read more
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/06/22/new-nicaraguan-sign-language-shows-how-language-affects-thought/
Tags: language, psychology, learning, science, research, signlanguage, education, linguistics, languages, thinking Saved by: admin at 27 Jun 2010
In the 1970s, a group of deaf Nicaraguan schoolchildren invented a new language. The kids were the first to enrol in Nicaragua’s new wave of special education schools. At first, they struggled with ... Read more
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/06/22/new-nicaraguan-sign-language-shows-how-language-affects-thought/
Tags: language, psychology, learning, science, research, signlanguage, education, linguistics, languages, thinking Saved by: admin at 27 Jun 2010
Stanford School of Engineering - Stanford Engineering Everywhere
Wow, Stanford University has put out Christopher Manning's course CS224n, introduction to natural language processing, online, for free, in video and transcript. Thanks!
http://see.stanford.edu/see/lecturelist.aspx?coll=63480b48-8819-4efd-8412-263f1a472f5a
Tags: nlp, stanford, lectures, video, linguistics, machinelearning, ai, programming, course, language Saved by: admin at 08 May 2010
Wow, Stanford University has put out Christopher Manning's course CS224n, introduction to natural language processing, online, for free, in video and transcript. Thanks!
http://see.stanford.edu/see/lecturelist.aspx?coll=63480b48-8819-4efd-8412-263f1a472f5a
Tags: nlp, stanford, lectures, video, linguistics, machinelearning, ai, programming, course, language Saved by: admin at 08 May 2010
How Dr. Seuss would prove the halting problem undecidable
’m sure you can guess. By reductio, there cannot possibly be a procedure that acts like the mythical P. You can never discover mechanical means for predicting the acts of computing machines. It’s... Read more
http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2008/01/19/how-dr-suess-would-prove-the-halting-problem-undecidable/
Tags: logic, complexity, humor, computer, science, funny, haltingproblem, computerscience, theory, linguistics Saved by: admin at 06 May 2010
’m sure you can guess. By reductio, there cannot possibly be a procedure that acts like the mythical P. You can never discover mechanical means for predicting the acts of computing machines. It’s... Read more
http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2008/01/19/how-dr-suess-would-prove-the-halting-problem-undecidable/
Tags: logic, complexity, humor, computer, science, funny, haltingproblem, computerscience, theory, linguistics Saved by: admin at 06 May 2010
Esmerel: Reasons for Saying Hello
Humans are amazingly good at understanding speech, and only need about two syllables to pick up a speaker's vocal range. This means that the first two syllables in a conversation will generally not be... Read more
http://www.esmerel.com/circle/wordlore/hello.html
Tags: speech, communication, language, linguistics, brain, science, interesting, telephone, life, handshake Saved by: admin at 23 Feb 2010
Humans are amazingly good at understanding speech, and only need about two syllables to pick up a speaker's vocal range. This means that the first two syllables in a conversation will generally not be... Read more
http://www.esmerel.com/circle/wordlore/hello.html
Tags: speech, communication, language, linguistics, brain, science, interesting, telephone, life, handshake Saved by: admin at 23 Feb 2010