有关自然语言

[yamanda]

leech提出过将自然语言定义为任何人类在童年习得的语言.学习者语料库收集的是不同于人工语言的人类语言(纯天然制造的,可以叫做自然语言(natral language)吗?如果可以,那与leech的定义有悖,未必是在童年习得的啊. .水平有限,望求高人指点

 

[xiaoz]

This definition is too restrictive, in my view. Natural language is "naturally occurring language", i.e. language people use in communicative contexts. Along this line we can even say artificial language, let alone learner language, is also "natural language".

 

[yamanda]

回复: 有关自然语言

Than u very much
Another question: can we say that corpora is the collection of natural language? If yes, artificial language is included; if not, how to express this concept is proper?
Thanks again

 

[xiaoz]

...a collection of naturally occurring language. Artificial languages such as Unish and Esperanto can be naturally occurring if they are used in real communicative contexts.

 

[yamanda]

回复: 有关自然语言

I see
Thanks a lot! You are really kind.