Linguistics in the Wild
@wildlanguaging.bsky.social
Giving cute little descriptions and explanations of linguistic phenomena seen in the wild/on the internet/whatever. Ruining jokes.
I used to run this same account on the Bird Site.
I am also @claussy.bsky.social
I used to run this same account on the Bird Site.
I am also @claussy.bsky.social
In this semantics lesson (found on a Boston U course page), it's described as (informally)
"gray" = "for some X, 'X is gray' is a true sentence"
"cat" = "for some X, 'X is a cat' is a true sentence"
"gray cat" = "for some X, 'X is gray' and 'X is a cat' are both true sentences."
#linguistics
"gray" = "for some X, 'X is gray' is a true sentence"
"cat" = "for some X, 'X is a cat' is a true sentence"
"gray cat" = "for some X, 'X is gray' and 'X is a cat' are both true sentences."
#linguistics
January 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In this semantics lesson (found on a Boston U course page), it's described as (informally)
"gray" = "for some X, 'X is gray' is a true sentence"
"cat" = "for some X, 'X is a cat' is a true sentence"
"gray cat" = "for some X, 'X is gray' and 'X is a cat' are both true sentences."
#linguistics
"gray" = "for some X, 'X is gray' is a true sentence"
"cat" = "for some X, 'X is a cat' is a true sentence"
"gray cat" = "for some X, 'X is gray' and 'X is a cat' are both true sentences."
#linguistics
Google’s AI: what if predicate modification were disjunction instead of conjunction?
#linguistics #semantics #AI #AIfails
[previously posted on my wild languaging Mastodon]
#linguistics #semantics #AI #AIfails
[previously posted on my wild languaging Mastodon]
January 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Google’s AI: what if predicate modification were disjunction instead of conjunction?
#linguistics #semantics #AI #AIfails
[previously posted on my wild languaging Mastodon]
#linguistics #semantics #AI #AIfails
[previously posted on my wild languaging Mastodon]
Amazing example of assuming you know how Early Modern English worked and not getting there.
January 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Amazing example of assuming you know how Early Modern English worked and not getting there.