LING 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Identity Function, Arbitrariness
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Have values much like nouns identity reference. + and x are reciprocal, - and a(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t. = is an identity operator and is reciprocal. X = y is a statement whose truth can be evaluated. Express these types of terms in multiple equivalent ways in language. Two plus two, the sum of two and two, you add two and two together,the combination of two and two, etc. Terms and statements can differ in their structure, across systems of expression. E. g. (cid:1006) + (cid:1006) su(cid:373) (cid:894)(cid:1006),(cid:1006)(cid:895) (cid:454) = (cid:455) ise(cid:395)ual(cid:894)(cid:454),(cid:455)(cid:895) o(cid:396) (cid:454). ise(cid:395)ual(cid:894)(cid:455)(cid:895) A wider range of terms that express info other than quantity and operators other than arithmetic & identity. Math can model a much larger set of expressions than just amounts & quantities. A degree of quantity oriented to numeric base. Quantities larger than base expressed with symbolic complexity. In decimal system: single glyph = some value between 1-10. Each additional column = another order of magnitude.
