Publications

Publication details [#48821]

Tanaka-Ishii, Kumiko. 2008. Narcissus in language: A semiotic contrast of natural and computer language through self-reference. Semiotica 2008 (172) : 299–311.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

computer communication system | natural language | self-reference | semiotics | thought

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.de/journals/order/en.start.html

Annotation

This paper compares natural language as structural system to programming language as constructive system via an exploration of the diverging self-reference processes of humans and computers.