what makes a language decidable
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Decidability Decidability. Definition: A language is called decidable if there exists a method-any method at all-to determine whether a given word belongs to that language or not. Working hypothesis I: Decidability is well defined above.roof: Surely, a decidable language is recognizable. Moreover, if a language is decidable, then so is its complement, and hence that complement is recognizable. Now suppose a language L and its complement are recognizable. Let A be a recognizer for L, and B for its complement.
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Learn To Speak The Dothraki Language From âGame Of Thronesâ With Muzzy Dothraki is a real constructed language that was developed by the Language Creation Society. Basing the project off of existing words and phrases from George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones novels, the language was expanded and intricately mapped out for HBO's hit show.
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Language Researchers on the evolutionary origin of language generally find it plausible to suggest that language was invented only once, and that all modern spoken languages are thus in some way related, even if that relation can no longer be recovered ... because of limitations on the methods available for reconstruction.uman language is unique in comparison to other forms of communication, such as those used by non-human animals. Communication systems used by other animals such as bees or apes are closed systems that consist of a finite, usually very limited, number of possible ideas that can be expressed.
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Language Human language has the properties of productivity, recursivity, and displacement, and relies entirely on social convention and learning. Its complex structure affords a much wider range of expressions than any known system of animal communication. Language is thought to have originated when early hominins started gradually changing their primate communication systems, acquiring the ability to form a theory of other minds and a shared intentionality.
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Introduction The most famous one is the hypothesis of linguistic determinism concerning the relationship between language and culture, which Nida regards as misconceptions constituting serious difficulties for cross-cultural understanding.
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Exceptional Children Chapter 8 A language disorder is impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written and/or other symbol systems. The disorder may involve (1) the form of language (phonology, morphology, syntax), (2) the content of language (semantics), and/or (3) the function of language in communication (pragmatics) in any combination.Form of Language. Phonology is the sound system of a language and the rules that govern the sound combinations.ndividuals may demonstrate one or any combination of communication disorders. A communication disorder may result in a primary disability or it may be secondary to other disabilities. A speech disorder is an impairment of the articulation of speech sounds, fluency and/or voice.
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- Race, tribe and caste are generally understood to be quite inflexible. Anthropologists have argued that this inflexibility stems from the repetition of custom and ritual, often backed by the state, that creates an ideology of their inflexibility and salience (Mafeje, 1971; Mamdani, 1996; Dirks, 2001).ribe, race, caste or religion could be the more important basis for ethnic identification. In India, on the whole, religion has been a stronger determinant of group identity than language. In Nigeria’s Yorubaland, tribe has been more salient than religion or language (Laitin, 1986).
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- Elongation occurs when target languages end up being longer than the source language. This happens simply because when dealing with languages, some take longer both in written … and spoken form to convey the same meaning of the source. Elongation is a naturally occurring thing in translations but can be dealt with by skilled translators who can manipulate wording and sentence structure to help keep a translation concise.
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Consciousness and Language Language is never exhausted by the outpourings of thought, and thought is not detached from language at any stage of its existence. Thoughts are not converted into language in such a way that their intellectual uniqueness disappears.
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Constructed language A planned or constructed language (sometimes called a conlang) is a language whose phonology, grammar, and vocabulary have been consciously devised for human or human-like communication, instead of having developed naturally. It is also referred to as an artificial or invented language and in some cases a fictional language.
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Language-related grounds of discrimination: ancestry, ethnic origin, place of origin, race Language is a characteristic that is often closely associated with ancestry, ethnic origin or place of origin. Thus, the Code may be breached where a language requirement, such as proficiency in English, excludes, gives preference to, or restricts persons because of their ancestry, ethnic origin or place of origin.
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- This significant difference between L1A and L2A is explained by the Critical Period. Hypothesis (CPH). The CPH states that for language acquisition, either first language (L1) or second language. (L2), there is a critical period during which it is possible to achieve the same level as natives (Birdsong, 1999, p.1). Once this period is over, the ability to learn language declines (Johnson & Newport, 1989, p.61). In other. words, the ultimate attainment level in L2A is determined to a great extent by the age of first exposure to a L2. (Birdsong & Molis, 2001, p.235).
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Language family A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. language isolated in its own branch within a family, such as Armenian within Indo-European, is often also called an isolate, but the meaning of isolate in such cases is usually clarified.
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Interlanguage Definition and Examples 1 The process of learning a second language (L2) is characteristically non-linear and fragmentary, marked by a mixed landscape of rapid progression in certain areas but slow movement, incubation or even permanent stagnation in others. The issue, then, is whether the interlanguage representation is a possible grammar, not whether it is identical to the L2 grammar.. ( 2 Lydia White, On the Nature of Interlanguage Representation.. 3  The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition, ed. by Catherine Doughty and Michael H. Long.
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Why are there different languages? Over time, minor changes in a language will accumulate allowing different civilzations to develop their own distinct languages. In the earliest years of human existence, when the human population was still small and everyone lived in the same region, there was probably a common language.However, over time people began to migrate to different places and develop their own cultures and lifestyles, as well as languages.A language is rarely created from scratch, it usually evolves from a previous older language. Languages are also never fixed, they change over time by the will of society.owever, over time people began to migrate to different places and develop their own cultures and lifestyles, as well as languages. A language is rarely created from scratch, it usually evolves from a previous older language. Languages are also never fixed, they change over time by the will of society.
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Latin declension Latin is an inflected language, and as such its nouns, pronouns, and adjectives must be declined (their endings alter to show grammatical case). A set of declined forms of the same word pattern is called a declension. There are five declensions, which are numbered and grouped by ending and grammatical gender.
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- A global language acts as a lingua franca, a common language that enables people from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities to communicate on a more or less equitable basis. Historically, the essential factor for the establishment of a global language is that it is spoken by those who wield power.
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- Language is intrinsic to the expression of culture. As a means of communicating values, beliefs and customs, it has an important social function and fosters feelings of group identity and solidarity.It is the means by which culture and its traditions and shared values may be conveyed and preserved. Language is fundamental to cultural identity.s a means of communicating values, beliefs and customs, it has an important social function and fosters feelings of group identity and solidarity. It is the means by which culture and its traditions and shared values may be conveyed and preserved.
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The Origin of Language and Communication The fact of the matter is that language is quintessentially a human trait. All attempts to shed light on the evolution of human language have failed—due to the lack of knowledge regarding the origin of any language, and due to the lack of an animal that possesses any ‘transitional’ form of communication.
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Do Geography and Altitude Shape the Sounds of a Language? Do Geography and Altitude Shape the Sounds of a Language? Languages that evolve at high elevations are more likely to include a sound that’s easier to make when the air is thinner, new research shows. Languages that evolve at high elevations are more likely to include a sound that’s easier to make when the air is thinner, new research shows. Photo by Flickr user twicepix. You likely don’t give a ton of thought to the sounds and patterns that make up the language you speak everyday.
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- • In linguistics, the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesisstates that there are certain thoughts of an individual in one language that cannot be understood by those who live in another language. • The hypothesis states that the way people think is strongly affected by their native languages. • It is a controversial theory championed by linguist
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- Top 10 facts about the world. The branch of linguistics known as generative linguistics rests on the idea of a generative grammar, a set of rules that generates an endless variety of sentences that are considered grammatically correct and no sentences that aren’t.enerative linguistics assumes that a speaker of a given language has command of certain linguistic knowledge in order to produce correct sentences in that language. Generative linguistics assumes that the human ability for natural language is innate. View slideshow of images above. Watch the Did-You-Know slideshow.
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- 1) Belief in divine creation. Many societies throughout history believed that language is the gift of the gods to humans. The most familiar is found in Genesis 2:20, which tells us that Adam gave names to all living creatures. This belief predicates that humans were created from the start with an innate capacity to use language..
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- As a communicative tool, any language is replaceable. It is at least arguable that the phenomenological cycle which defines a particular language is only a subset of the cycle which defines natural languages in general, and can be substituted by any member of the larger set.
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Language and Cognition Language is a system of symbols and rules that is used for meaningful communication. A system of communication has to meet certain criteria in order to be considered a language:1  A language uses symbols, which are sounds, gestures, or written characters that represent objects, actions, events, and ideas. A language uses symbols, which are sounds, gestures, or written characters that represent objects, actions, events, and ideas. 2  Symbols enable people to refer to objects that are in another place or events that occurred at a different time.
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Introduction to Linguistics/Nature of Language Humans are not unique in this capability. However, human language is unique in being a symbolic communication system that is learned instead of biologically inherited. Symbols are sounds or things which have meaning given to them by the users.