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Linguistics

Linguistics

Linguistics In The Enterprise

Why Linguistics (And Linguists) Are Always On The Back-Foot In An Enterprise Context Linguistics is often questioned by practitioners of Natural Sciences during informal and professional scenarios. Perhaps, this is the case due to the fact that the phenomena relevant to the Natural Sciences is more readily observable through instrumental means. The irony is that […]

Ricardo Lezama 
Intel Linguistics Machine Learning Speech Recognition

Wearables, Speech Recognition & Musk: How Intel’s Loss Could Be Tesla Gain

Despite the famously late arrival to mobile computing, Intel did make certain strides before many others in the space of wearables in Mid-2013 and onwards. Much of it may have to do with the company’s strategic diversification which took place in mid-2013. Hundreds of Millions Poured Into Research & Development Intel invested at the very […]

Ricardo Lezama 
Linguistics Política

Noam Chomsky Interview

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 An Interview With Noam Chomsky by RICARDO LEZAMAFacebookTwitterRedditEmail Noam Chomsky’s latest books are Occupy (Zuccotti Park Press) and Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance(City Lights Publishers). RICARDO LEZAMA: Have you heard about the Stand With Us group/campaign? NOAM CHOMSKY: No. Tell me about it. LEZAMA: They are a group that spread favorable propaganda regarding the IDF on […]

Ricardo Lezama 
Linguistics

Kashaya Language Documentation

In the summer of 2009, I participated in a6 week language documentation course as part of the Linguistic Society of America’s biannual Summer School, where the most engaged graduates (and undergraduates) meet and socialise to work on advanced topics in linguistic theory. The linked work here is a reference to Berkeleys Language Archive where my […]

Ricardo Lezama 
Linguistics

Intro To Linguistic Theory

Linguistics is the science of language as it relates to human cognition. Metaphysical considerations on the properties of organic systems may seem far removed from the lower level details of language data, but the general idea is that the language faculty is ‘perfect’, has nearly exact properties that are recurrent and while not wholly describable […]

Ricardo Lezama