Narcissus in language: A semiotic contrast of natural and computer language through self-reference

Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii

doi:10.1515/SEMI.2008.100

Published by De Gruyter Mouton November 10, 2008

Narcissus in language: A semiotic contrast of natural and computer language through self-reference

Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii

From the journal Semiotica

https://doi.org/10.1515/SEMI.2008.100

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Abstract

Natural language as an example of a structural system is compared to programming language as a constructive system through analysis of how differently humans and computers process self-reference. An alternative handling of the halting problem in computer systems holds the key to a more natural computer environment and enables a greater understanding of human thought.

Keywords:: self-reference; sign; Saussurian structuralism; constructivism

Published Online: 2008-11-10

Published in Print: 2008-October

Narcissus in language: A semiotic contrast of natural and computer language through self-reference

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