Natural vs. artificial languages.

In this talk, we will talk about what makes natural human languages-languages. We will see if there are some language universals, that are common for all languages and humans, and maybe even determined by our brains. Finally, we will discuss how this all relates to the concept of an artificial, programming languages. Are programming languages similar to the natural ones? Is it misleading to call them 'languages'?

Date: Tuesday, November 14th at 10:00 a.m., US Eastern Time.
Topic: Linguistics