Astrolinguistics by Alexander Ollongren

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ollongren, Alexander

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincos (Artificial language).

Life on other planets.

Extraterrestrial anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York London Springer 2012

Summary:

In linguistics, one of the main areas of modern research involves the capabilities and possibilities of there being a "lingua cosmica," a LINCOS, a universal language that could be used to communicate with non-human intelligences. This book touches on the area of the development and use of a "lingua universalis" for interstellar communication, but it also presents concepts that cover a broad area of linguistics. Chomsky's paradigm on universal properties of natural languages, for a long time a leading general theory of natural languages, includes the strong assumption that humans are born with some kind of universals stored in their brains. Are there universals of this kind of language used by intelligent beings and societies elsewhere in the universe? We do not know whether such languages exist. It seems to be impossible to determine, simply because the universe is too large for an exhaustive search. Even verification will be hard to obtain, without quite a bit of luck. This book uses astrolinguistic principles in message construction and is helpful in clarifying and giving perspective to discussions on existential questions such as these

Contents:

Part 1. Calculus of Constructions Types and Declarations Functions and Induction Hypotheses Higher Orders and Inductive Structures

Part 2. Facts Simple Facts Compounds Aristotelian Theatre Wittgenstein's Theatre

Part 3. Annotations in LINCOS Logic Contents of Texts An Astrolinguistic Experiment Aspects of Truth Human Altruism

Part 4. Interpretation of LINCOS Self-interpretation Pictorial Representations Representation of Music Signature of LINCOS

Part 5. Processes in LINCOS Representing Processes Cooperating Sequential Processes Hamlet in LINCOS

Part 6. Symbolic Computation Basics Relativistic Particle Motion Two-Body Motion

Part 7. (Un)Certainty Certain Existence The Uncertain Alien

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version Ollongren, Alexander. Astrolinguistics

ISBN:

9781461454687

1461454689

OCLC:

819546433

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