Yes-no questions in mathematics and in Chinese

Lingua Franca 2017-02-11

Summary:

From Daniel Sterman: There’s an old joke about computer programmers (or mathematicians, or logicians). Ask them “Is X right or wrong?” and they’ll answer “Yes”. Because, indeed, either X is right or it is wrong. Well, a few months ago, most of my team’s operations were transferred to a team based in Shanghai, and they […]

Link:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=30943

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Tags:

grammar

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

02/11/2017, 10:48

Date published:

02/10/2017, 21:01