http://www.metafilter.com/tags/linguistics+science Posts tagged with 'linguistics' and 'science' at MetaFilter. Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:48:27 -0800 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:48:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/66719/A%2DTheory%2Dof%2DHumor%2DWhy%2Dsomething%2Dis%2Dfunny%2Dwhy%2Dit%2Dsometimes%2Dis%2Dnot%2Dand%2Dwhen%2Dit%2Dcrosses%2Da%2Dline <a href="http://www.tomveatch.com/else/humor/paper/humor.html">Theory of Humor.</a> A scientific paper, written by <a href="http://www.tomveatch.com/">Tom Veatch</a>, describes his <a href="http://www.tomveatch.com/else/humor/paper/humor.html">Theory of Humor</a>. <a href="http://www.tomveatch.com/else/humor/paper/node2.html">When is something funny</a>? When is it <a href="http://www.tomveatch.com/else/humor/paper/node5.html">not funny</a>? When does it <a href="http://www.tomveatch.com/else/humor/paper/node3.html">cross the line</a>? Why are puns <a href="http://www.tomveatch.com/else/humor/paper/node29.html">generally shitty</a>? And the mysterious and magical powers elephant jokes have on children, <a href="http://www.tomveatch.com/else/humor/paper/node24.html">revealed</a>! A great data set to use for practice in applying the theories presented in the paper can be found <a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/15281/">here</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.66719 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:48:27 -0800 funny gag humor joke language laughter linguistics psychology pun science sociology theory iamkimiam http://www.metafilter.com/62061/Metafilter%2Dhas%2Da%2Dfront%2Dpage%2DThis%2Dis%2Da%2Dpost%2DPost%2Dis%2Don%2Dthe%2Dfront%2Dpage%2DPost%2Dis%2Dabout%2Dlanguage <a href="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/everett07/everett07_index.html">Recursion and Human Thought</a> - Why the Piraha don't have numbers tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62061 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:00:00 -0800 brain cognition language linguistics mind piraha recursion science thought Gyan http://www.metafilter.com/59250/Language%2Dthing%2Dthis%2Dwell%2Dis%2Dworking%2Dnow%2Dus%2Dlet%2Dinvent%2Dgrammar <a href="http://specgram.com/">Speculative Grammarian</a> is the premier scholarly journal featuring research in the neglected field of satirical linguistics. Don't miss: <a href="http://specgram.com/CLI.2/08.kawil.rerating.html">Re-Rating the World's Languages</a>, <a href="http://specgram.com/CLI.3/07.spp.labionasal.html">Hunting the Elusive Labio-Nasal</a>, <a href="http://specgram.com/CLI.1/08.elap.call.html">The Endangered Languages Armamentation Programme</a>, <a href="http://specgram.com/CLI.2/03.bakery.disorder.html">New speech disorder linguists contracted discovered!</a> and of course <a href="http://specgram.com/choose/1.html">Choose Your Own Career in Linguistics</a>.</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.59250 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:31:28 -0800 academichumor academichumour funny humor humour linguistics rampantgeekery satire science SCIENCE! sciencewellnotlikephsyicsbutstillsortofascience specgram speculativegrammarian goodnewsfortheinsane http://www.metafilter.com/47510/Dissecting%2DHumor <a href="http://www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org/think/article.php?num=7">Nothing</a> <a href="http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/ironyhch.html">is</a> <a href="http://www.philosophynow.org/issue51/51nefsky.htm">funnier</a> <a href="http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciNotes/0001/joke.htm">than</a> <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Anthropology/publications/Humor.htm">an</a> <a href="http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:7IwXiPenrLkJ:www.psp.ucl.ac.be/psyreli/2002.Humor15.2.pdf+&hl=en">academic</a> <a href="http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:c2D2NwXiLFoJ:wwwling.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/iclc/Papers/Veale.pdf+mathematical+structure+of+humor&hl=en">or</a> <a href="http://www.cs.ucsd.edu/users/goguen/courses/271sp03/spapers/cartoons/Cartoons.htm">scientist</a> <a href="http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:c2D2NwXiLFoJ:wwwling.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/iclc/Papers/Veale.pdf+&hl=en">explaining</a> <a href="http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9710/9710.intro.html">humor</a><a href="http://anthro.palomar.edu/medical/humoral_pathology.htm">.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.47510 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:54:35 -0800 humor jokes linguistics logic philosophy science unfunny Falconetti http://www.metafilter.com/44101/The%2DWorld%2Dis%2DBound%2DWith%2DSecret%2DKnots <a href="http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/Knots.html">Athanasius Kircher</a> was the <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08661a.htm">17th century's Jesuit version</a> of the <i>&#0252;ber</i>geek. His scholarly attentions were drawn to egyptology, astronomy, magnetism, languages, optics, music, geology, mathematics and many many other pursuits. The <a href="http://chronicle.com/free/2002/05/2002052804n.htm">"dude of wonders"</a> invented novel machines such as the <a href="http://archimede.imss.fi.it/kircher/emathem.html">mathematical organ</a> and <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/~mgorman/kircher/intro.html">magnetic clock</a>, established one of the first museums, published about 40 academic works (with <a href="http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/nov2002.html">beautiful</a> <a href="http://images.google.com.au/images?q=athanasius%20kircher&num=50&hl=en&hs=Q3R&lr=lang_en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&sa=N&tab=wi">accompanying</a> <a href="http://www.hab.de/ausstellung/kircher/uebersicht.htm">illustrations</a>) and was globally revered as one of his time's greatest intellectuals. He is also the main link in the <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/searched.mefi?option=2&search=voynich&date=4">Voynich manuscript mystery</a>. [<strong>MI</strong>] tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.44101 Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:24:52 -0800 acoustics china egyptology geology invention jesuit kircher linguistics magnetism mathematics microbiology optics polymath science voynich peacay