THE METAFORMAL SYSTEM: COMPLETING THE THEORY OF LANGUAGE.
The standard theory of languages has two levels, one centering on the study, teaching, and application of natural languages, and the other on formal languages and formal systems as applied throughout the mathematical and empirical sciences, in analytic philosophy, and for computer programming, softw...
| Published in: | Cosmos & History Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 207 - 228 |
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Ashton & Rafferty
2018
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