http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/InductiveMethod.htm talks about the teaching of APL, based on a close study of the Berlitz method and other methods of teaching natural languages.
----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Hui <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 1, 2010 8:37 Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Looking for links - online or off - between J and natural language (example: English). To: General forum <[email protected]> > Welcome to the J Forums, Linda. > > As far as Ken's work, there isn't much explicitly written > on the subject. I know of the following items: > > - http://keiapl.org/anec/#algebra > from "Algebra: An Algorithmic Treatment", 1972. > > - He modeled the organization of the dictionary part > of "J Introduction and Dictionary" > http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/contents.htm > and before that "A Dictionary of APL", > http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=36983.36984 > on the organization of an English dictionary, > in particular the American Heritage Dictionary of the > English Language. (Earlier versions were called > "A Dictionary of the APL Language" and "The ISI > [Iverson Software Inc.] Dictionary of J") > > - Of course, he uses noun/verb/adverb etc. > where more traditionally in this context the > terms array/function/operator are used. > This has been very helpful as for example most > every one gets "adverb" (run quickly, eat quickly, ...; > run quickly, run slowly, run directly, ...) whereas > "operator" tends to be confusing and mysterious. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: linda falkoff <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, October 1, 2010 7:43 > Subject: [Jgeneral] Looking for links - online or off - between > J and natural language (example: English). > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > > > Best wishes up front - > > > > and can you please share some links you like on the topic of J > > and natural > > language, English or otherwise? > > Sorry, post is redundant with email subject line. > > > > > > Many thanks, LDMF, *Respectful Interfaces*. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
