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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Apr 16

    Four levels of recursive embedding by the late Morris Halle & Noam Chomsky.pic.twitter.com/K7qG3Dzi9c

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      1. John Halle‏ @JGHalle Apr 17
        Replying to @sapinker

        Thanks. Some reflections on my father's life and work for those interested in learning more about it.https://johnhalle.com/outragesandinterludes/morris-halle-1923-2018/ …

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      1. Gavin Huntley-Fenner‏ @huntleyfenner Apr 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        Be still my nerdish heart!

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      1. Mike McNulty‏ @MJmcnult Apr 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        That's awesome. I wish I had had this image when trying to teach my students about recursion!

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      1. Sohan Dsouza‏ @SohanDsouza Apr 16
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        Each frame is a time portal.

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      1. Ragnar‏ @Riskarr5 Apr 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        I just see problematic American colonialism.

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      1. Lekhnath Pathak‏ @LekhnathPathak Apr 18
        Replying to @sapinker @falk_huettig

        This is interesting illustration, but, Law of Recursiveness as Chomsky and group claimed to have discovered about language was severely brought into question by Daniel Everett's study of Piraha, a Brazilian language along Amazon

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      1. tony ridler‏ @tony_ridler Apr 17
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        Sometimes, I dream, that I'm sleeping!

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      1. Shadowbanned‏ @aubergine20 Apr 17
        Replying to @sapinker

        Another name for doubletalk?

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      1. AlgoritHuman‏ @AlgoritHuman Apr 17
        Replying to @sapinker @Miles_Brundage

        From back to the future to now...😉

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      1. Shanti Hill‏ @ChemShani Apr 17
        Replying to @sapinker

        Very endearing.

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      1. Brian Brownbridge‏ @BClay81 Apr 17
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        What friends do

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      1. I'm Not Feeling My Usual Selfie‏ @tonylawfulness Apr 17
        Replying to @sapinker

        Except language doesn't work like this, makes it too hard to understand. Great for making complex models at MIT, though!

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      1. k go‏ @DarrkEnergy Apr 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        That guy still alive?

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      1. John Hiett‏ @JohnHiett Apr 16
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        Optical wave in time :)

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      1. Enael Garrido‏ @EnaelGC Apr 16
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        @jimefrigolet por favor hagamos esto cada 10 años.

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      1. joey nabor‏ @joeynaborn Apr 16
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        This makes me so happy.

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      1. LGBT-1000 ⚰️‏ @Irrimor Apr 16
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        Is this how you get good at linguistics?

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