Audrey Wrote:
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> Merrell Wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> > > Stower is a linguist?
> >
> > This is a term often (although not wholly
> > accurately) used to describe people who speak
> > several languages, when it's more properly the
> > scientific study of languages.
> >
> > Martin has studied linguistics in the context of
> > cognitive science. He would not claim, however,
> > that this makes him a linguist. He has
> > contributed to projects in natural language
> > processing, but, again, would not claim that this
> > makes him a computational linguist.
>
> In other words he has contributed to projects in
> computer programming, which none would call a
> natural language. He is an IT computer geek with
> no degree and no training or experience in
> "Linguistic and interpretation issues".

You didn’t have the wit to look it up, did you? It’s precisely about natural language, hence the phrase “natural language”. Duh!

You also conveniently skip the bit about linguistics—but then you never follow links and you never look things up and you never learn anything, which is why those that do laugh at you and move on.

Cognitive science also, for other readers. For those who are interested, I’ve also studied philosophy sui generis.

I’ve met too many dimwitted graduates and admired too many people who did not take the route of higher education to so much as dream of looking down on someone for not having a degree. I regard anyone who does as an ignorant bigot.

Merely more of your stupid, ignorant bile and not worth my further attention.

M.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 28-Jun-16 18:20 by Martin Stower.