10-08-2024, 08:46 PM
Hi Patrick, just been rereading your slides, getting to grips with the ideas and details in it.
I have a couple of questions about spaces, and wonder if you have any thoughts?
I'm curious as sometimes the differences in token counts for words with small changes is used as evidence for the underlying system, but those are dependent on the presence of spaces. That is, [chol] and [daiin] and [choldaiin] are all different word types, but parts of the same loops.
I have a couple of questions about spaces, and wonder if you have any thoughts?
- You mention the difference between Strong and Weak breakpoints, but I wonder if all breakpoints tend toward 100% in the right conditions? I mean, this should be obviously so, but I think that those conditions might be quite complex in some cases. Break points aren't strictly predictable for some parts of the pattern, which is a striking contrast to the near 100% predictability of some transitions.
- Given this, are spaces part of the same system as the loops or something which interweaves with it?
I'm curious as sometimes the differences in token counts for words with small changes is used as evidence for the underlying system, but those are dependent on the presence of spaces. That is, [chol] and [daiin] and [choldaiin] are all different word types, but parts of the same loops.