On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Carl Mäsak wrote:
Jason (>):
No specific tool is best suited for natural language processing. There was
apparently a time in which everyone thought that a formal grammar could
clearly define any natural language, but I don't think anyone succeeded at
creating a complete formal grammar for any language other than something
like Esperanto.
Even Esperanto is about on the same level of complexity as your
regular Indo-European language. Sure, the word-formation is more
regular, but the freedom in creating sentences with non-obvious
antecedents and all manner of ambiguity, is just as large as in any
national language.
Now, had you said Lojban, I'd have believed you. :)
Or maybe Ithkuil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil
:)
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