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From: jeff@tesla.UUCP (Jeff Frey)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: redundancy in language
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Date: Fri, 18-Nov-83 19:38:14 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 18 19:38:14 1983
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There's a lot of redundancy in language.  For examplle
"I went ;to the bank yesterday" brings in a past-tense of a verb when
clearly the past tense is implicit in the time specifier.  Presumably
such redundancy permits  the recognition of
speech even in high-noise situations, for example.
Anybody have any idea how this could be extended to improve computer
throughput (speed) say by redundancy in input data?  Or other applications?
Jeff