A Theory of Language and Information, A Mathematical Approach
by Harris, Zellig
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
New York: Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1991 Hard cover, 8vo., (measuring 6 ¼ x 9 ¾ inches) in black publisher's cloth with gold printed title to spine, the dust jacket green with white and green print, in mylar. Xii + 428 pp. The discussion of language development is compared to combining words into a mathematical object, where "each departure from equiprobability is a contribution to the structure and to the meaning of a sentence. He discusses the differences in the structure and content of language, mathematics and music…" Zellig Harris (1909-1992) founded the first Department of Linguistics in the United States at the University of Pennsylvania. Condition: Very Good, with minimal rubbing to d/j, generally very clean and bright within. Owner's signature in pen to front fly. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8549
- Title
- A Theory of Language and Information, A Mathematical Approach
- Author
- Harris, Zellig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
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