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Challenge of Understanding “Others”
I recently had the opportunity to read about the linguistic discussions surrounding the Pirahã language, spoken by a small tribal community deep in the Amazon rainforest. Due to their limited interaction with outsiders, their language has remained remarkably unique and preserved. What makes this minor language so famous among linguists is its unusual characteristics—or rather,…
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The World as My Library
During my younger days, I used to hear some fascinating jokes. One playful exchange went like this: Where do you live? Well, I live in this world. The planet Earth is my home. Is that your address? In a way, yes. On the scale of the universe, Earth is just a tiny dot. So, I…
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Writing That Reveals
Generative AI has challenged our long-standing belief that the process of natural language generation is unique to the human mind. We have always known that computers can perform complex mathematical calculations, surpassing human capabilities in this domain. However, mathematics is often perceived as a rational discipline, naturally compatible with how computers function. Even in programming,…
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The Secret of Playful Spontaneity
Have you heard about what is called the Comic Sans trick? It is well-known among those who know it well. While it sounds strange, many people claim it works; when you write, if you use a font like Comic Sans, strangely enough, you can write more, and you can feel you have overcome your writer’s…
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From Hierarchies to Rhizomes
Perhaps because of the recent technological leap in deep learning and neural network systems like AI, it seems we have increasingly focused on decentralized and flat-organizational relationships while considering hierarchical, tree-like, authority-cascading ones as something obsolete. *** While, of course, both are important perspectives for us to understand relationships, the focus tends to lean towards…
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We Are All Grammarians
There are two types of grammar in language. One is prescriptive, and the other is descriptive. This difference is critical; moreover, this distinction should be noted in any kind of rules and systems in various domains of the world and the universe. *** Prescriptive grammar is also called normative grammar. It represents a set of…