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Different languages have different answers. If we treat a language as a system, then we can study it as studying a system. | Different languages have different answers. If we treat a language as a system, then we can study it as studying a system. | ||
A grammatical rule is like a function in a programming language: give it some input, and get the output. | A grammatical rule is like a function in a programming language: give it some input, and get the output. Natural languages do it in various ways. For example, given the time, person, gender, number, etc., the output may be same or different in different languages. | ||
There are many online comparisons of programming languages. Here is a comparison of natural languages. | There are many online comparisons of programming languages. Here is a comparison of natural languages. | ||
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If you have learned some languages, you will want to ask a question like this: what can I do to express something in this language.
Different languages have different answers. If we treat a language as a system, then we can study it as studying a system.
A grammatical rule is like a function in a programming language: give it some input, and get the output. Natural languages do it in various ways. For example, given the time, person, gender, number, etc., the output may be same or different in different languages.
There are many online comparisons of programming languages. Here is a comparison of natural languages.
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