Sentences with phrase «syntax of human language»

Not exact matches

It is after all rather important to emphasize that in a seventh - century text, predating all reflection on language, wherever that reflection may have occurred, we find this clear statement: the fact of human speech comes from God; but language is made up by the human race, which decides for itself — arbitrarily — the words, the rules, and the syntax.

Humans are conscious of being conscious, and our memories, strung together into past and future narratives, use semantics and syntax, a true language.

While advances in «high - level» languages (ones that use specialized syntax to carry out a lot of smaller, fussier commands — JavaScript, for example) have made this approach more human friendly over the years, the core of what we do when we program has barely changed.