Using The Dance To Investigate The Pragmatic Semantic Boundary Between Artificial And Natural Languages
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Using The Dance To Investigate The Pragmatic Semantic Boundary Between Artificial And Natural Languages

Abstract

This work addresses the pragmatic and semantic distinctions between natural and artificial languages by the development of a context-free generative grammar to describe motions in modern dance. The dance is a particularly good vehicle as it conveys meaning, but is undescribed by a generative grammar. Whether or not a grammar describing dance motion can be considered to be for a natural or artificial language is unclear.

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