p0wned!
One of the reasons this week has been so tough (see yesterday's entry - 'lonely') has been the huge amount of school work, as I mentioned
But today it got a lot easier!
First, I got a midterm out of the way. I think I aced it. I even remembered how to code the 'go to last entry' funciton in Java image viewer. Woot!
But the big success was in the Linguisitc group assignment. I had been kinda down about it - I like linguistics, and it's usually fun and not too *too* challenging, but this data set is... pretty hellish.
But, today, at our (quick) group meeting, turns out one of the group members had a euraka last night (we met yesteday for a few hours), and after workshopping his rules we nailed down an analysis that explains the entire data set. It took like 45 minutes. Score! LING = p0wn3d. l337.
And we did it with only five rules!
-rounding agreement for +back + high vowels
-height/backness agreement for +low VC/V/C - right to left
-low raising: -high vowels become +high when followed by +high, but their backness is retained
-final vowel harmony: final +low vowel becomes +high when preceding vowel is +high
-BIPA RULE! Bascially, when a -low consonant is followed by ACA, the first A beceoms a palatized i.
The order, or course, is crucial, and we nailed that, too. So now we don't need to meet on the weekend; we're just gonna meet monday to write it all up formally. Whee! I'm very pleased.
Well, my mom should be here any second. We're gonna get food, then she's going to drive me to a laundromat.
Cheers y'all!
But today it got a lot easier!
First, I got a midterm out of the way. I think I aced it. I even remembered how to code the 'go to last entry' funciton in Java image viewer. Woot!
But the big success was in the Linguisitc group assignment. I had been kinda down about it - I like linguistics, and it's usually fun and not too *too* challenging, but this data set is... pretty hellish.
But, today, at our (quick) group meeting, turns out one of the group members had a euraka last night (we met yesteday for a few hours), and after workshopping his rules we nailed down an analysis that explains the entire data set. It took like 45 minutes. Score! LING = p0wn3d. l337.
And we did it with only five rules!
-rounding agreement for +back + high vowels
-height/backness agreement for +low VC/V/C - right to left
-low raising: -high vowels become +high when followed by +high, but their backness is retained
-final vowel harmony: final +low vowel becomes +high when preceding vowel is +high
-BIPA RULE! Bascially, when a -low consonant is followed by ACA, the first A beceoms a palatized i.
The order, or course, is crucial, and we nailed that, too. So now we don't need to meet on the weekend; we're just gonna meet monday to write it all up formally. Whee! I'm very pleased.
Well, my mom should be here any second. We're gonna get food, then she's going to drive me to a laundromat.
Cheers y'all!