6.439 FYI: Apes & Lg, DNA & Natural lg, E-Journal of Ling, WordNet
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Subject: 6.439 FYI: Apes & Lg, DNA & Natural lg, E-Journal of Ling, WordNet
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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 95 22:58 PST
From: Rachel Lagunoff (IHW1009 at MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU)
Subject: apes & language syllabus
2)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 09:33:25 -0800
From: bill at hivnet.ubc.ca (Bill Turkel)
Subject: DNA and Natural Language 2
3)
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 12:56:56 GMT0BST
From: "Ian Mackenzie" (I.E.Mackenzie at newcastle.ac.uk)
Subject: Electronic Journal of Linguistics
4)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 95 16:55:09 EST
From: "Shari L. Landes" (shari at phoenix.Princeton.EDU)
Subject: WordNet Version 1.5 Now Available
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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 95 22:58 PST
From: Rachel Lagunoff (IHW1009 at MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU)
Subject: apes & language syllabus
A little while ago I made an offer to send a copy of my syllabus for the
class I am currently teaching called "Apes & Language" to anyone who was
interested. One person warned me, but it was too late: I received so many
requests that I can't possibly send out copies individually, even by email.
Instead, I have arranged to have a copy of the syllabus put on the gopher
for my department (TESL & Applied Linguistics at UCLA). I will also post
an edited version to the list, as a summary/list of references. Both these
things will take some time: the gopher version is being done for me by a busy
person; my posting involves uploading, and I am currently in the end-of-quarter
overload.
I am glad to know there is (still) so much interest in this topic, and I
ask your patience in waiting for the promised information -- it should be
ready in 2 or 3 weeks.
Rachel Lagunoff
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 09:33:25 -0800
From: bill at hivnet.ubc.ca (Bill Turkel)
Subject: DNA and Natural Language 2
As a followup to my previous post about natural language and DNA,
interested readers should see:
'A note on Zipf's law, natural languages, and noncoding
DNA regions'
P. Niyogi & R. C. Berwick (5 Mar 95)
MIT CBCL Memo 118 pp. 14
This paper argues that an empirical fit to Zipf's law is not
evidence of similarity to natural language.
Bill Turkel (UBC)
Thanks to Robert Berwick and Paul Hagstrom from bringing this
paper to my attention. The paper is electronically available
on the CMP-LG archive at xxx.lanl.gov
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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 12:56:56 GMT0BST
From: "Ian Mackenzie" (I.E.Mackenzie at newcastle.ac.uk)
Subject: Electronic Journal of Linguistics
The Web Journal of Modern Language Linguistics
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will be published initially twice a year by an in-house editorial panel.
Articles will be refereed externally by an Editorial Board of acknowledged
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Like the newly-launched Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, WJMLL will be
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Requests for further details should be directed to Dr. J. West, Department
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(e-mail: jon.west at ncl.ac.uk).
WJMLL Home Page and further details can be found at URL
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Dr J West 091-222 7521
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University of Newcastle (jon.west at ncl.ac.uk)
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Dr. I.E. Mackenzie
School of Modern Languages
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
England
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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 95 16:55:09 EST
From: "Shari L. Landes" (shari at phoenix.Princeton.EDU)
Subject: WordNet Version 1.5 Now Available
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1)
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 95 22:58 PST
From: Rachel Lagunoff (IHW1009 at MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU)
Subject: apes & language syllabus
2)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 09:33:25 -0800
From: bill at hivnet.ubc.ca (Bill Turkel)
Subject: DNA and Natural Language 2
3)
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 12:56:56 GMT0BST
From: "Ian Mackenzie" (I.E.Mackenzie at newcastle.ac.uk)
Subject: Electronic Journal of Linguistics
4)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 95 16:55:09 EST
From: "Shari L. Landes" (shari at phoenix.Princeton.EDU)
Subject: WordNet Version 1.5 Now Available
Host: ftp.ims.uni-stuttgart.de [141.58.127.61]
Login: ftp
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1)
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 95 22:58 PST
From: Rachel Lagunoff (IHW1009 at MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU)
Subject: apes & language syllabus
2)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 09:33:25 -0800
From: bill at hivnet.ubc.ca (Bill Turkel)
Subject: DNA and Natural Language 2
3)
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 12:56:56 GMT0BST
From: "Ian Mackenzie" (I.E.Mackenzie at newcastle.ac.uk)
Subject: Electronic Journal of Linguistics
4)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 95 16:55:09 EST
From: "Shari L. Landes" (shari at phoenix.Princeton.EDU)
Subject: WordNet Version 1.5 Now Available
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