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0 pointsLegend24403mo ago0 comments

The trouble is that english doesn’t fit neatly into any of these categories. It has features that make it at least a context-free language, but can’t handle other features of context-free languages like unlimited nesting.

Ultimately these are categories of formal languages, and natural language is an entirely different kind of thing.

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nabla93mo ago

Strictly speaking natural languages fit into Context-Sensitive (Type-1) in Chomsky Hierarchy, but that's too broad to be useful.

In practice they are classified into MCSL (Mildly Context-Sensitive) subcategory defined by Aravind K. Joshi.

krnlclnl3mo ago

Sure, if you accept and agree with Joshi.

No reason to do that though, except to validate some random persons perspective on language. The sky will not open and smash us with a giant foot if we reject such an obligation.

nabla93mo ago

Natural languages being in MCSL (Mildly Context-Sensitive) is the consensus among linguistics, not some random individual's viewpoint.

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suddenlybananas3mo ago

You can also reject quantum physics and the sky will not open and smash us with a giant foot. However, to do so without serious knowledge of physics would be quite dumb.

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nabla93mo ago

Strictly speaking natural languages fit into Context-Sensitive (Type-1) in Chomsky Hierarchy, but that's too broad to be useful.

In practice they are classified into MCSL (Mildly Context-Sensitive) subcategory defined by Aravind K. Joshi.

krnlclnl3mo ago

Sure, if you accept and agree with Joshi.

No reason to do that though, except to validate some random persons perspective on language. The sky will not open and smash us with a giant foot if we reject such an obligation.

nabla93mo ago

Natural languages being in MCSL (Mildly Context-Sensitive) is the consensus among linguistics, not some random individual's viewpoint.

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suddenlybananas3mo ago

You can also reject quantum physics and the sky will not open and smash us with a giant foot. However, to do so without serious knowledge of physics would be quite dumb.

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j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsLegend24403mo ago0 comments

Ultimately these are categories of formal languages, and natural language is an entirely different kind of thing.