Based on EMIS Framework v0.2.0

Language is not “Speech”. It is the Compression Protocol for High-Dimensional Reality.

600 Linguistics Index

Switching the variable system:

From:
“Word, Grammar, Meaning”

To:
“Token, Constraint, Reference_Pointer”

1. [Language]

  • Legacy Definition: Method of human communication.
  • EMIS Definition: A shared Lossy Compression Protocol mapping high-dimensional reality to low-dimensional linear signals.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Language = Compress(Reality, Dimension=1D_Sequence)

2. [Grammar]

  • Legacy Definition: System of rules of a language.
  • EMIS Definition: The Encoding Constraints required to ensure signal decodability.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Grammar = Validator(Signal_Structure)

3. [Syntax]

  • Legacy Definition: Arrangement of words.
  • EMIS Definition: The Topology of token connections (Tree structure).
  • EMIS Code: 
    Syntax = Tree(Subject -> Verb -> Object)

4. [Semantics]

  • Legacy Definition: Meaning of a word.
  • EMIS Definition: The Pointer Address linking a token to a specific internal mental model.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Semantics = Map(Token -> Latent_Space_Vector)

5. [Pragmatics]

  • Legacy Definition: Language in use context.
  • EMIS Definition: Context-dependent Decompression. Using environmental state to resolve signal ambiguity.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Pragmatics = Decompress(Signal + Context)

6. [Word / Token]

  • Legacy Definition: Single distinct element of speech.
  • EMIS Definition: The atomic Unit of Transmission.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Token = Binary_Packet

7. [Information Content] (Shannon)

  • Legacy Definition: Quantity of information.
  • EMIS Definition: The degree of Surprise (Entropy) carried by a signal.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Info_Content = -log2(Probability(Token))

8. [Redundancy]

  • Legacy Definition: Use of words that could be omitted.
  • EMIS Definition: Error Correction Code (ECC) embedded in language to survive noisy channels.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Redundancy = Total_Bits - Essential_Bits

9. [Zipf’s Law]

  • Legacy Definition: Frequency of any word is inversely proportional to its rank.
  • EMIS Definition: The Least Action Principle applied to token usage frequency.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Frequency = 1 / Rank
# Optimization for minimum energy expenditure

10. [Metaphor]

  • Legacy Definition: Figure of speech.
  • EMIS Definition: Structure Mapping. Reusing a cached neural structure from Domain A to explain Domain B.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Metaphor = Map_Structure(Source_Domain -> Target_Domain)

11. [Translation]

  • Legacy Definition: Converting one language to another.
  • EMIS Definition: Transcoding. Converting data from Protocol A to Protocol B while preserving the Semantic Pointer.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Translation = Decode(A) -> Encode(B)

12. [Evolution] (Language)

  • Legacy Definition: Changes in language over time.
  • EMIS Definition: Optimization drift towards higher compression efficiency and lower articulatory energy.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Evolution = Minimize(Articulatory_Effort + Cognitive_Load)

13. [Dialect]

  • Legacy Definition: Particular form of a language.
  • EMIS Definition: A Fork of the main protocol adapted to a local sub-network.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Dialect = Protocol.fork(Region_Specific_Mods)

14. [Sign] (Semiotic)

  • Legacy Definition: Object representing something else.
  • EMIS Definition: A low-energy Trigger for a high-energy mental concept.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Sign = Trigger(Concept)

15. [Ambiguity]

  • Legacy Definition: Uncertainty of meaning.
  • EMIS Definition: Compression Artifact. Multiple internal models mapping to the same low-res signal.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Ambiguity = (Signal -> [Model_A, Model_B])

16. [Literacy]

  • Legacy Definition: Ability to read and write.
  • EMIS Definition: Installation of the Decoder/Encoder Software for externalized memory.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Literacy = Install(Codec_Pack)

17. [Speech]

  • Legacy Definition: Spoken language.
  • EMIS Definition: Acoustic Modulation of energy waves to transmit tokens.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Speech = Modulate(Air_Pressure)

18. [Writing]

  • Legacy Definition: Visual representation of language.
  • EMIS Definition: Serialization of tokens onto a persistent physical substrate (Matter).
  • EMIS Code: 
    Writing = Serialize(Tokens -> Matter)

19. [Universal Grammar]

  • Legacy Definition: Innate grammatical categories.
  • EMIS Definition: The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) constraints of the human biological language hardware.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Universal_Grammar = Hardware_Constraints(Brain)

20. [Neologism]

  • Legacy Definition: Newly coined word.
  • EMIS Definition: Creating a new Pointer for a newly emerged structural pattern.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Neologism = Alloc_Pointer(New_Concept)

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