The Lumeni Notebook

The Lumeni Notebook

Home
Notes
Linguistics
Philosophy
Science
Literature
Poetry
Arts
Archive
About

Linguistics

Is Jay Bird a Concept?
On Concepts, Language, & Reality
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
3
Winter Reading List (2024)
A collection of 28 books that will interest my readers just as much as they interest me.
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
Can Noncommutativity Be Emergent?
Discussing How Emergent Phenomena manifests in a Complex System with Underlying Noncommutative Rule Sets
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
1
Answering Questions About CEMLA
Addressing Important Questions about the Complex Emergent Model of Language Acquisition
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
1
Introducing CEMLA - A New Framework For Understanding Language Acquisition
Using Complexity Theory to Understand the Underpinnings of Human Language Acquisition
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
4
Can Meaning Exist Without Silence?
Discussing Derrida’s Perspective on Silence as an Active Presence in the formation of Meaning in Language
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
Can Formal Logic Explain Language?
Discussing Richard Montague’s Formalised Approach to Natural Language Semantics and its Bifurcation with the Chomskyan Approach
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
What’s In A Look?
Deconstructing the Spanish Verb ‘mirar’ to Explore the Weight that a Simple Word Can Carry
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
5 Questions on Being, Becoming, & Happening
Answering 5 Questions Related to ‘Happening’ & Discussing the Perspectives of Heraclitus & Parmenides
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
Constructing a Language with Turtles
A Step by Step Procedure for Constructing Your Own Language
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
1
How to Self-Study the Philosophy of Language this Summer
A Minimalist & Essentialist Approach to Self-Study the Philosophy of Language
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
1
The Role of Dependency Grammar in Linguistic Theory and Practice
A Comparative Study of Tesnière’s Dependency Grammar and Chomsky’s Phrase Structure Grammar Using English and Japanese Languages
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
The Paradox of Being Silent
An Investigation into the Elusive Nature of Silence and the Problem of Defining Being Silent
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
How Much Can We Abstract an Abstraction of an Abstract Concept? And Why I Hate Tomatoes
Some Notes on Abstraction and Tomatoes
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
3
How Puritative Words Integrate the Self
Notes on the Integrative Impact of Puritative Words and the Disintegrative Potential of Dustitative Words
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
1
The Trap of Ambiguity and the Limitation of Clarity
How Ambiguity Takes Away Freedom through Liberation and How Clarity can be Self Constricting
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
On The Importance of Ambiguity
Understanding the Significance of Ambiguity with the Works of William Empson and Emily Dickinson
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
Does Language Shape Our Perception of Time?
Discussing the Effects of Using Aspect Based vs Tense Based Languages on Our Perception of Time
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
2
Is Language Rooted in Biology?
Is Language Ingrained in our Biology? Deconstructing Lenneberg's Biological Foundations of Language.
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
5
Are Words Actions?
Deconstructing John Searle's Theory of Speech Act to Understand the Role of Language as an Active Agent in Defining our Reality
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
Does the Mind have a Language of its Own?
Exploring Jerry Fodor's Language of Thought Hypothesis
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
1
Is Meaning Independent of Language?
Deconstructing Ray Jackendoff's theory of Conceptual Semantics
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
1
I am.....Am I?
Is Thinking Possible Without Language?
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
1
A Primer on Universal Grammar
What is the Universal Grammar Theory by Noam Chomsky and How it Changed Linguistics Forever
 • 
Mir H. S. Quadri
1
© 2025 Mir H. S. Quadri
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture