MIT research finds the brain’s language-processing network also responds to artificial languages such as Esperanto and languages made for TV, such as Klingon on “Star Trek” and High Valyrian and Dothraki on “Game of Thrones.”
That led the researchers to wonder if artificial languages like Esperanto would be processed more like programming languages or more like natural languages.
I would have expected that Esperanto or Klingon would be the same as natural languages, but I’d be interested to see if more mathematical/logical conlangs like Lojban showed any difference.
Whoops, I guess I was skimming by the time I reached that point, thanks.
I won’t be surprised if it’s also indistinguishable from natural languages; I speak a bit of Arabic and was surprised to learn how “mathematical” the root/pattern system is - it felt like arguments into functions.
I would have expected that Esperanto or Klingon would be the same as natural languages, but I’d be interested to see if more mathematical/logical conlangs like Lojban showed any difference.
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Whoops, I guess I was skimming by the time I reached that point, thanks.
I won’t be surprised if it’s also indistinguishable from natural languages; I speak a bit of Arabic and was surprised to learn how “mathematical” the root/pattern system is - it felt like arguments into functions.