I thought it was an easy question ...feddit.orgimage slice ( @slice@feddit.org ) Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 1 day ago message-square18fedilinkarrow-up1238
arrow-up1238imageI thought it was an easy question ...feddit.org slice ( @slice@feddit.org ) Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 1 day ago message-square18fedilink
minus-square superkret ( @superkret@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish37•1 day agoIf you want a clear definition, ask a mathematician: A word is any written product of group elements and their inverses. Or a computer scientist: A word is a fixed-sized datum handled as a unit by the instruction set or the hardware of the processor.
minus-square Malgas ( @Malgas@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 hours agoOr, in either field (formal language theory bridges both) it can mean any string of symbols, letters, or tokens.
minus-square circuitfarmer ( @circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish5•20 hours agoMaybe ironically, neither one would be appropriate as a linguistic definition.
If you want a clear definition, ask a mathematician:
Or a computer scientist:
Or, in either field (formal language theory bridges both) it can mean any string of symbols, letters, or tokens.
Maybe ironically, neither one would be appropriate as a linguistic definition.