Poetry v. not-poetry
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I’ve been training an artificial intelligence system to write poetry and
this morning I got interested in what the little parts of syntax
and semantics are...
2014 in review
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for
this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House
holds 2,7...
Appraisal (Overview)
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Here are two sentences: Luton Town nearly won. Luton Town were on the verge
of what would’ve been a giant-killing act. In terms of the meaning, the two
see...
Ignorance, appropriation, and exoticization
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... all wrapped up in one nice package in this morning's New York Times!
It's a little hard to know where to start. Well, let's start with
ignorance. The m...
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It is in the nature of language not to be noticed, to appear as simply the
means to an end. But in a democracy, where being stabbed in the back is
thankf...
Brain: Biology Or Technology?
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Historically, the neurological system has been frequently modelled as if
it were a technological artefact. For example, the brain has been modelled
as if ...
Plans for 2016-17
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We’ve had a busy start to the year with our 4th Summer School and Workshop,
where we welcomed people from all over the world. It’s always a pleasure
to ha...
Obituary: Petr Sgall (1926-2019)
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Professor Emeritus Petr Sgall, professor of Indo-European, Czech studies,
and general linguistics at Charles University in Prague, and an Honorary
Member o...
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