The debate whether language is hierarchical or sequential is as old as Panini's work (500 BC). Even in today's linguistics the problem has not been settled. Or has it? Recently the debate has flared up again with new empirical evidence. See the slides of my talk on this heated discussion.
This weblog is dedicated to the work by Rens Bod, in particular to his books A New History of the Humanities ("De vergeten wetenschappen", 2010/2013), World of Patterns ("Een wereld vol patronen", 2019/2022) and Why Am I Here? ("Waarom ben ik hier?, 2023).
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donderdag 21 februari 2013
My talk "How Hierarchical is Language?" at Max Planck is online
The debate whether language is hierarchical or sequential is as old as Panini's work (500 BC). Even in today's linguistics the problem has not been settled. Or has it? Recently the debate has flared up again with new empirical evidence. See the slides of my talk on this heated discussion.
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