[Corpora-List] RE : Chomsky and computational linguistics

[Mike Maxwell]

Cécile Yousfi wrote:
> I’m a mere user of the BNC and I’m no Chomsky specialist, but I do enjoy 
> reading interesting discussion on the subject. So please go on 
> discussing the matter on the list.
> 
> It’s intellectually stimulating to have a genuine dialogue on a 
> theoretical subject, and to be confronted to different points of view.

As one who posted on this subject a couple months ago (and probably 
posted too much :-), not to mention representing the strident minority 
on this list), I have to say that there's probably a better forum.  This 
list is, after all, about corpora; and while the discussion could have 
been about whether modeling corpora is about science or engineering, it 
tended to be more about whether Chomsky's approach had any validity, or 
whether he should have admitted defeat, or about other issues that (at 
least IMO) have less to do with corpora.

I would welcome suggestions for a more appropriate forum.
-- 
	Mike Maxwell
	maxwell at umiacs.umd.edu
	"Theorists...have merely to lock themselves in a room
	with a blackboard and coffee maker to conduct their business."
	--Bruce A. Schumm, Deep Down Things

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