Abstracts
Abstract
We present empirical results from the coupling of traditional linguistic research with computational technology, validating a hypothesis that this combination provides benefits beyond either alone. An experiential software innovation now offers automatic and clear visual diagrams of native language structures in full sentence contexts for a quick experiential understanding of how the language fundamentally operates. Such advances for cultural learning and maintenance are now possible because native linguistic polysynthetic structure is systematically integrated in computational technologies. Results from the Computerized Database of Labrador Inuttut are ongoing. Threatened languages can thus be renewed by technology even when they have been diminished by the inexorable domination of superstrate forces in culture and media. We propose continued computational linguistic resource development to enable language and cultural sustenance via new experiential technologies based on both inherent linguistic structure and computational processing.
Keywords:
- Labrador Inuttut/Inuktitut,
- computerized tagged database,
- automatic exploded display of polysynthetic word structure,
- simple intuitive experiential user interface
Résumé
Nous présentons les résultats empiriques de l’association de la recherche linguistique traditionnelle et de la technologie informatique, validant l’hypothèse selon laquelle cette combinaison offre des avantages qui dépassent ceux de l’une ou l’autre de ces méthodes. Une innovation logicielle expérimentale offre désormais des diagrammes visuels automatiques et clairs des structures de la langue maternelle dans des contextes de phrases complètes pour une compréhension expérimentale rapide de la manière dont la langue fonctionne fondamentalement. De telles avancées en matière d’apprentissage et de maintien de la culture sont désormais possibles grâce à l’intégration systématique de la structure polysynthétique de la langue maternelle dans les technologies informatiques. Les résultats de la base de données informatisée de l’inuttut du Labrador sont en cours. Les langues menacées peuvent donc être renouvelées par la technologie même lorsqu’elles ont été diminuées par la domination inexorable de forces suprêmes dans la culture et les médias. Nous proposons de poursuivre le développement des ressources linguistiques informatiques afin de permettre la survie de la langue et de la culture par le biais de nouvelles technologies expérientielles basées à la fois sur la structure linguistique inhérente et sur le traitement informatique.
Mots-clés :
- Inuttut/Inuktitut du Labrador,
- base de données informatisée balisée,
- affichage détaillé automatique de la structure des mots polysynthétiques,
- interface utilisateur simple, intuitive et expérimentale
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