Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not a fan of Chomsky, but must say that this mathematical "icing" is indeed very seminal and elegant. His work (along with others', for sure) influenced the design of modern (say since the 70's) computer languages. I rather enjoyed his formal language theory (grammar) and its relationship to complexity theory (Turing machines), when I studied that stuff. - - Phong Daniel Ridings wrote: > > I don't know if he called it so. Without Ferdinand de Saussure with his > "langue" and "parole" Chomsky wouldn't have gotten very far (he calls it > "competence" (langue) and "performance" (parole). > > The only thing Chomsky added to Saussure was a mathematical icing. > > Daniel - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html