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Re: Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar

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Seima Rao,

>     Is it possible generally to arrive at a grammar from
>     a language or set of expressions ?
>
>     How so?

A language is a grammar+other stuff.

You can come up with umpteen grammars for a set of
expressions.  Your problem is Poverty of the stimulus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_of_the_stimulus

What do you want to do with the grammars?

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Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar Seima Rao <seimarao@gmail.com> - 2017-04-16 19:01 +0530
  Re: Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar Seima Rao <seimarao@gmail.com> - 2017-04-17 08:31 +0530
  Re: Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar Tom <treid3@centurylink.net> - 2017-04-17 03:19 +0000
  Re: Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr> - 2017-04-17 12:57 +0200
  Re: Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar "Derek M. Jones" <derek@_NOSPAM_knosof.co.uk> - 2017-04-17 15:29 +0100
  Re: Going backwards from a Language(or set of expressions) to a Grammar Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-05-06 22:02 -0400

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