(08-01-2017, 03:24 PM)Torsten Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Quote:Sam G Wrote:
The basic pattern is still similar and I think it's an indication that we're looking at a similar phenomenon. I don't disagree that the VMS text is atypical in that a very large fraction of words appear to be compounds of basic elements, but I also don't see any real reason to think that there couldn't be a natural language that works like this.
Which kind of similar phenomenon? Did you really think that all this similar words are only different grammatical forms for a single word?
No, they could be different words. The "roots" and "suffixes" could each have a meaning or function that combine somehow when they are united. I still think it's similar to what we see in natural languages, just even more systematic and inclusive of seemingly all the words.
Quote:The purpose for a natural language is to transport information. For this purpose it is important to prevent misunderstandings. It is very hard to distinguish between different pieces of information if everything looks alike. The intention for the system in the VMS was obviously not to make it easy to transport information. Therefore it did not match to human language in one of its main aspects.
Well, it definitely looks like it's encoding information of some kind, whether it's a natural human language or something more artificial. I don't see any reason to assume that it would be confusing to someone who understands it.
Anyway, I find these tables quite interesting and useful. Any chance you'd be willing to expand them further to include:
- Suffixes: eol, eor, eody, o, es, ees, os, eos
- Roots: yk, yt, ykch, ytch, olk, lk, olkch, lkch, chckh, chcth, shckh, shcth, chockh, checkh, chocth, checth, shockh, sheckh, shocth, shecth, chkch, chtch, shkch, shtch, shksh, shtsh, chksh, chtsh
- Also a table of words beginning with "sh" corresponding to the table containing "ch"
What percentage of words would we have covered with all of those?