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A Theory of Language and Information: A Mathematical Approach Harris, Zellig (Senior Research Scientist, Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University, and Professor Emeritus, Senior Research Scientist, Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University, and Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania)
A Theory of Language and Information: A Mathematical Approach
Harris, Zellig (Senior Research Scientist, Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University, and Professor Emeritus, Senior Research Scientist, Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University, and Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania)
A formal theory of language structure, in which syntax is characterized as an orderly system of departures from random combinations of sounds, words and indeed of all elements of language. The author argues that the combining of words into a sentence constitutes a mathematical object.
440 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 14, 1991 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198242246 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 440 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 236 × 30 mm · 825 g |
| Language | English |