Dear friends,
I am a physicist. Physics helps us understand the universe as observed.
So the physics of language has been to interpret what we hear and find
ways to reproduce. But the Indian philosophers did rightly declare that
the language is our expression and not what we hear. The verb is
भा and the language is भाषा . Then the question would come how do we
create भाषा. So you start from a basic evolutionary brain and develop
language as a part of evolution. This is the model I will present at
my seminar Saturday. It's mathematical and is based on neuroscience.
We take the Vedas and PaNini as the empirical signatures to develop
the model.
The material is complex and has many nuances. We proceed with the
scientific hypothesis that all designs are simple and logical. I will explain
my algorithm in the seminar. It's a thirty year journey and I am just beginning
to code. I invite science-minded and technical individuals to help in the
development of the model. It is a large project and we will seek public funding.
Hopefully we would have support for about a dozen researchers in phonetics,
grammar, brain sciences, linguistics and computing.
Two members in BVP - Dr Sivaram Subramanian and Dr Abhijit Mandal are
in our team now. Dr BVK Shastry, Dr Subramanyam Korada and Dr Ashok Aklujkar
have been mentors to the project in various ways. The meeting is Dec 20, 9 AM
the meeting link.
Best regards,
Bijoy Misra