Disclaimer: I promised myself that I will not leave Syracuse without gaining a decent level of fluency in Spanish and without regaining my old levels of fluency in German. To that end, I will begin posting once a week in one language or the other. Many of these posts will be short, and I make no … Continue reading
Wittgenstein hat geschrieben: Das Verstehen eines Satzes der Sprache ist dem Verstehen eines Themas in der Musik viel verwandter, als man etwa glaubt. Jetzt, eine Übersetzung . . . The understanding of a sentence in Language is more like the understanding of a theme in Music than one may think. This is said about spoken language, … Continue reading
In my Digital Humanities course, we’ve been discussing network and systems theories and their applicability to issues of linguistic and social development. One of the issues discussed is the Pareto principle, also known as the 80/20 rule. Here’s some info on those terms from the great Wiki-God: Business-management consultant Joseph M. Juran suggested the principle and … Continue reading
