" Acceptance decisions related to the submitted papers will be based on their respective content review and/or on the respective author's CV. "...so they may not have even read the paper.
> Academics care about linguistic diversity in an abstract sense, but normal people really don't.
I think you're a bit wrong on this. There are around 6,800 languages. Most languages have developed their own culture. Do you really think millions of people around the globe would be willing to lose their identity?
For example, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Uzbeks started replacing Russian loan-words with the original Uzbek words.
IAAL (I am a linguist). I study computational linguistics, which uses computers to study every aspect of human language. We use statistics, ANNs, or other tools, to learn something about how people learn, interpret, and produce language.
Linguists don't just study speech. As far as classical linguistics goes, syntax and semantics are both studied using text. Even some of the sound branches, such as phonology, use abstract representations of the sound, and not the real sound. (So your alphabet will look like this.)
Internet-only strings like "pwn3d," "LOL," or ":)" are statistically significant to some experiments, but it isn't just newsgroups and blogs that are creating words. For example, if you look at a newspaper such as the New York Times, many new words are added to the English language every month. Verbs such as "pwn3d," verb phrases such as "lol," and emotion cues such as ":)" can be analyzed just like new verbs heard in speech (i.e. "to google." )
Another linguist that was working with Gordon, and has lived with the Piraha people for 20 years has posted this short reply to the LinguistList. Following the link, you can find a link to his paper which is pending peer review.
"Gordon's conclusion in Science is that Piraha offers support for the Whorf hypothesis. While I believe that this is plausible, my own view is that the lack of counting must be seen in the larger cultural context and that when thus viewed in conjunction with the lack of color words, the lack of embedding, the simplest kinship system ever documented, and various other characteristics, a different, non-Whorfian picture emerges. The basic conclusion I reach is that culture constrains grammar in ways many of us have not previously imagined. I take this to be an argument against, for example, Universal Grammar, at least the more widely-accepted versions of it."
There is no talk of linguistics complete without mentioning Chomsky's political diatribes.:)
He pretty much defined linguistic theory for the past 40 years. Once he had a voice he turned into somewhat of a political critic. A conspiracy-theorist. I don't see him solving any political problems, and I don't know how well respected he is by those who study such things, but I think he's a loon. (But, oh god, I wish I could study with him.:) )
Chomsky's papers are tough to comprehend for beginners. (Which I am.) Those who are interested in learning Chomskian theory may wish to pick up some Andrew Radford. (he is very understandable, and his book "Transformational Grammar" is aimed at the undergraduate level syntax class. Once you tackle that, you can read Haegemann, "Government and Binding," which seems to be the most used graduate level book... but this one is quite boring.)
In the meantime, a linguistic glossary which may help you get through some of the papers you may find: http://tristram.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/
I'm a programmer getting my masters in linguistics. Computer Science undergrad. Trust me. This is some tough stuff... until you learn the basics. Then everything starts making sense. There is a huge hurdle getting into any field... and it is usually because of the terminology. Every field has it's own terminology because every field needs to be extremely precise in their explanations.
Linguists don't think Knuth is very lucid.
Linguistics is neat. Syntax (the study of the structure of language), Phonology (the study of the interactions of sounds and what a child has to actually 'learn'), Phonetics (the study of the human language system and the sounds that it can produce/hear), and Morphology (the study of the smallest possible unit that holds 'meaning') all work together to form an idea of what goes on in the human mind.
I've done this myself. Southeast Jersey (Atlantic City area)
One time I caught myself saying "There's a Wawa on your left, but its hidden, and you can't see the sign. Make a right after you see it in your rearview mirror."
I can't see what type of work your looking for... I can't get to your resume. I do, however, know that I was in your position a few years ago.
First and foremost, talk to your professors. They might know of an alumni that owns a small computer business.
Second -remember- YOU HAVE A MARKETABLE SKILL. No matter how deep you've delved into compsci, a computer science student at any level can handle making a web page... contact some local (non-computer) businesses, and work for cheap.
Consult. Do your own thing. People need your services.
HINT: contact your local ISP. Chances are they could use an intern. (tech support, net admin, custom programmer, web design....)
Check out "The One Minute Manager" by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson (ISBN 0-425-09847-8). This book is short, easy to read, and presented in story format: possible to finish in a couple of hours. It presents the best way to perform various management duties in a short amount of time. I only manage a couple of interns, but I feel the book has helped me streamline more aspects of my work than just "Managing."
Slashdot Mirror
From the WMSCI website:
...so they may not have even read the paper.
" Acceptance decisions related to the submitted papers will be based on their respective content review and/or on the respective author's CV.
"
Would Arabic flash cards help?
I have some flash cards for Uzbek up there, too, if anybody is interested.
Paul
> Academics care about linguistic diversity in an abstract sense, but normal people really don't.
I think you're a bit wrong on this. There are around 6,800 languages. Most languages have developed their own culture. Do you really think millions of people around the globe would be willing to lose their identity?
For example, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Uzbeks started replacing Russian loan-words with the original Uzbek words.
Paul Rodrigues
IAAL (I am a linguist). I study computational linguistics, which uses computers to study every aspect of human language. We use statistics, ANNs, or other tools, to learn something about how people learn, interpret, and produce language.
Linguists don't just study speech. As far as classical linguistics goes, syntax and semantics are both studied using text. Even some of the sound branches, such as phonology, use abstract representations of the sound, and not the real sound. (So your alphabet will look like this.)
Internet-only strings like "pwn3d," "LOL," or ":)" are statistically significant to some experiments, but it isn't just newsgroups and blogs that are creating words. For example, if you look at a newspaper such as the New York Times, many new words are added to the English language every month. Verbs such as "pwn3d," verb phrases such as "lol," and emotion cues such as ":)" can be analyzed just like new verbs heard in speech (i.e. "to google." )
Paul Rodrigues
Your Ivy League School isn't showing up on the TXT or HTML versions of your resume, only your PDF.... which may explain why it never benefited you. :)
Hope it helps,
Paul
Another linguist that was working with Gordon, and has lived with the Piraha people for 20 years has posted this short reply to the LinguistList. Following the link, you can find a link to his paper which is pending peer review.
"Gordon's conclusion in Science is that Piraha offers support for the
Whorf hypothesis. While I believe that this is plausible, my own view
is that the lack of counting must be seen in the larger cultural
context and that when thus viewed in conjunction with the lack of
color words, the lack of embedding, the simplest kinship system ever
documented, and various other characteristics, a different,
non-Whorfian picture emerges. The basic conclusion I reach is that
culture constrains grammar in ways many of us have not previously
imagined. I take this to be an argument against, for example,
Universal Grammar, at least the more widely-accepted versions of it."
There is no talk of linguistics complete without mentioning Chomsky's political diatribes. :)
:) )
He pretty much defined linguistic theory for the past 40 years. Once he had a voice he turned into somewhat of a political critic. A conspiracy-theorist. I don't see him solving any political problems, and I don't know how well respected he is by those who study such things, but I think he's a loon. (But, oh god, I wish I could study with him.
Chomsky's papers are tough to comprehend for beginners. (Which I am.) Those who are interested in learning Chomskian theory may wish to pick up some Andrew Radford. (he is very understandable, and his book "Transformational Grammar" is aimed at the undergraduate level syntax class. Once you tackle that, you can read Haegemann, "Government and Binding," which seems to be the most used graduate level book... but this one is quite boring.)
In the meantime, a linguistic glossary which may help you get through some of the papers you may find: http://tristram.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/
I'm a programmer getting my masters in linguistics. Computer Science undergrad. Trust me. This is some tough stuff... until you learn the basics. Then everything starts making sense. There is a huge hurdle getting into any field... and it is usually because of the terminology. Every field has it's own terminology because every field needs to be extremely precise in their explanations.
Linguists don't think Knuth is very lucid.
Linguistics is neat. Syntax (the study of the structure of language), Phonology (the study of the interactions of sounds and what a child has to actually 'learn'), Phonetics (the study of the human language system and the sounds that it can produce/hear), and Morphology (the study of the smallest possible unit that holds 'meaning') all work together to form an idea of what goes on in the human mind.
I've done this myself. Southeast Jersey (Atlantic City area)
One time I caught myself saying "There's a Wawa on your left, but its hidden, and you can't see the sign. Make a right after you see it in your rearview mirror."
Do a search for Lingua::tlhInganHol::yIghun
Damian is pretty darn crazy. Not only did he release a Latin dialect, but Klingon is in the works.
Try smarthome.com . They're catalog has some cool stuff. Never ordered from them though.
Paul
One word: Linux
its a webserver built into the kernel.
I can't see what type of work your looking for... I can't get to your resume. I do, however, know that I was in your position a few years ago.
First and foremost, talk to your professors. They might know of an alumni that owns a small computer business.
Second -remember- YOU HAVE A MARKETABLE SKILL. No matter how deep you've delved into compsci, a computer science student at any level can handle making a web page... contact some local (non-computer) businesses, and work for cheap.
Consult. Do your own thing. People need your services.
HINT: contact your local ISP. Chances are they could use an intern. (tech support, net admin, custom programmer, web design....)
copy and paste it to an html page
throw quotes around the whole thing.
put (Microsoft, $url) at the end.
Check out "The One Minute Manager" by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson (ISBN 0-425-09847-8). This book is short, easy to read, and presented in story format: possible to finish in a couple of hours. It presents the best way to perform various management duties in a short amount of time. I only manage a couple of interns, but I feel the book has helped me streamline more aspects of my work than just "Managing."
ummm... If you click on 'more' it brings you another five matches, and if you click on 'more' again it brings you another five matches...
:)
There is a pattern here.
now I can finally read the wml version of slashdot.
<br><BR><BR>Slashdot.org's wml never seems to work.
If you want to stop boycotting, and get straight to the point here is the ceo's email addy.
Toby Lenk
President and CEO, Etoys
toby@etoys.com
Phone 310-664-8100 (i doubt this is direct line, but not sure)
ummm.... be responsible.