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Re: [lojban] To clarify...
At 11:54 AM 11/30/01 -0500, pycyn@aol.com wrote:
Of these, only the derivation factor seems at all negotiable, since its
purpose, easy learning, has not proven itself in the field (subjectively
most people report little help from the connections -- but this is almost
entirely from English speakers, others would be useful to hear from --
and the very limited test that was run by someone somewhen -- again just
for English -- suggested that the connected words were not easier to
learn than randomly constructed words (does anyone remember details of
this test? could someone repeat it?)).
We have LogFlash data from a half dozen or so users that has not yet been
statistically analyzed, but which will presumably tell us whether or not
the subjective impression is real. Someday ...
JCB claimed way back when that he tried various forms of gismu recognition
algorithms on his classes (at U of FL?) and the given algorithm was found
most useful. But this was surely only native English speakers, and in any
event he did not document the research for peer review.
lojbab
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