Language technology, often called human language technology (HLT), studies methods of how computer programs or electronic devices can analyze, produce, modify or respond to human texts and speech. Working with language technology often requires broad knowledge not only about

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

but also about

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

. It consists of

natural language processing Natural language processing (NLP) is a subfield of computer science and especially artificial intelligence. It is primarily concerned with providing computers with the ability to process data encoded in natural language and is thus closely related ...

(NLP) and

computational linguistics Computational linguistics is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the computational modelling of natural language, as well as the study of appropriate computational approaches to linguistic questions. In general, computational linguistics ...

(CL) on the one hand, many application oriented aspects of these, and more low-level aspects such as encoding and speech technology on the other hand. Note that these elementary aspects are normally not considered to be within the scope of related terms such as

and (applied) computational linguistics, which are otherwise near-synonyms. As an example, for many of the world's lesser known languages, the foundation of language technology is providing communities with fonts and keyboard setups so their languages can be written on computers or mobile devices.

References

External links

Johns Hopkins University Human Language Technology Center of ExcellenceCarnegie Mellon University Language Technologies Institute
* ttp://www.dfki.de/lt/ German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) Language Technology Labbr>CLT: Centre for Language Technology in Gothenburg, SwedenThe Center for Speech and Language Technologies (CSaLT) at the Lahore University [sic] of Management Sciences (LUMS)Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) ScriptSource, a reference to the writing systems of the world and the remaining needs for supporting them in the computing realm.
*High Performance Language Technologies (HPLT) development funded by the European Commissio

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