On Jan 25, 2009, at 3:41 PM, paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx wrote: (01)
> Hi Pat
>
> . Natural language is not a formalism.
>
> Kindly provide your definition for formalism, so that we can
> put your authority in the right context
> (02)
I was using the term in a linguistic/philosophical context, to mean a
formal language or notation, the archetypical example being FOL.
Formal in this sense means that the syntax is exactly specified in a
formal grammar, which for these purposes can be defined to be a
context-free EBNF grammar, though other grammar notations are
acceptable. English, like all other natural languages, has never been
formalized in this sense and never will be, because it is in a
constant state of dynamic change. (03)
PatH (04)
> thanks!!!
>
> PDM
>
> (05)
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