From: "jeffrey E." <[email protected]> To: Noam Chomsky Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 17:27:38 +0000 one of donalds closet people said that remember , he has written three books. . which makes him one of the few people in the world that has written more books than he has read On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Noam Chomsky > wrote: For word meanings, the closest I can think of to something like this is an array of meaning postulates, in Camap's sense, something that Jerry Fodor for one has toyed with. Multidimensional, but not a field. I don't see how to work it out, or to extend it to the interpretations of longer units. On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 5:51 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: happy chanukah. . - has anyone in the past made a linguistic model that used fields instead of definitions. similar to a magnet field. to some degree. there is no one vector that describes the word but a field of them. home surrounded by a field of definitions. not based on 3 d space but based on context . one could integrate over the field. see smoothness. strength , change.. not sure it is useful. but having fun please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorize