COLL-C 104 Lecture 5: C104 Lecture 5 Notes (Jan. 25)
4 Mar 2017
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Pinker stuff of thought chapter 5 will help with hw 1 (due next fri in sections) Pop quiz review: structural ambiguity in language has no counterpart in any other input system. False- there is visual ambiguity and a visual input system. Structural ambiguity- same string of words, different meanings: whether your name is trump or drumpf has no bearing on how likely you are to be successful in the. False- drumpf is disfluent, could have an effect: (cid:862)meat(cid:863) is a (cid:373)ass (cid:374)ou(cid:374), not a count noun. True: languages can differ from each other in unlimited ways. True- people are drawn to things that start with the same letter as their names/have similar sounds or letters. Imagine hillary put(cid:374)a(cid:373)"s famous thought e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)t that the a(cid:374)i(cid:373)als (cid:449)e (cid:272)all (cid:862)(cid:272)ats(cid:863) might turn out to be daleks. Would there be such a thing as a cat, since it specifies a furry animal: wh(cid:455) do (cid:449)e (cid:272)all e(cid:373)ail spa(cid:373) (cid:862)spa(cid:373)(cid:863)? (cid:894)p. (cid:1005)6-17)
