Tag: Syntax

I am a professional linguist and I do research in theoretical linguistics, mainly formal syntax and historical/comparative linguistics. I am also a simultaneous translator/interpreter and a language teacher, and my language specialisations include Indo-European, Latin, Greek, Romance (especially Spa...

Introduction: This chapter focuses on non-local dependencies, which occur when syntactic parts interact across a distance. We will discuss Binding Theory, which sheds light on the distribution of referring phrases. This topic revolves around the concept of c-command, which is important to syntax....

I have to admit that around 2010, I was a real loser when it came to the practical use of computers etc. Although I had been fascinated by everything to do with tech since the 90s, I was totally proud when I managed to make a Power Point presentation, even though I had already created my first websi...

This is the first installment of a series on how to use guidance to control large language models (LLMs), written jointly with Marco Tulio Ribeiro. We’ll start from the basics and work our way up to more advanced topics. In this post, we’ll show that having clear s...

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About three decades ago, every web page was static and showed the same content for all visitors. Later, web servers generated dynamic content based on the current user via an early server-side web development concept called CGI (Common Gateway Interface). The invention of JavaScript initially helped...