1982 :: JOURNAL
Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM 25(12), 1982
The choice of keywords in the design of programming languages is compared to the formation of neologisms, or new words, in natural languages. Examination of keywords in high-level programming languages shows that they are formed using mechanisms analogous to those observed in ...MORE ⇓
The choice of keywords in the design of programming languages is compared to the formation of neologisms, or new words, in natural languages. Examination of keywords in high-level programming languages shows that they are formed using mechanisms analogous to those observed in English. The use of mirror words as closing keywords is a conspicuous exceptions.
1982 :: EDIT BOOK
Language Development: Volume 2
What can chimps tell us about the origins of language
Language Development: Volume 2, pages 429-446, 1982
If the current flurry of interest in nonhuman primate-language research accomplished nothing else, it has succeeded in getting us to think seriously again about the origins of language in Homo Sapiens (see Harnad, Steklis, & Lancaster; 1976; Parker & Gibson, ...