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Le ton beau de Marot : in praise of the music of language

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

This study explores the art of translation through multiple versions of a French poem. It analyses the link between language, creativity, and cognition, comparing human thought with computational models across a range of autobiographical and literary essays.

Accession 27914 ISBN 9780465086450 Publisher Basic Books
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