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yowlingcat
on Oct 17, 2020
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Experimental evidence for compositional syntax in ...
Obligatory reference to Raymond Smullyan's seminal To Mock A Mockingbird [1], one of my favorite books and a great introduction to the lambda calculus. I guess the resemblance to actual bird language is more than just passing.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Mock_a_Mockingbird
lkuty
on Oct 17, 2020
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Yes, I just thought about that one. That's funny.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Mock_a_Mockingbird