TY - JOUR
T1 - Automated methods for the comparison of natural languages
AU - Wittum, Gabriel
AU - Hoffer, Michael
AU - Lemke, Babett
AU - Jabs, Robert
AU - Nägel, Arne
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
PY - 2020/5/18
Y1 - 2020/5/18
N2 - Starting from the general question, if there is a connection between the mathematical capabilities of a student and his native language, we aim at comparing natural languages with mathematical language quantitatively. In [20] we set up an approach to compare language structures using Natural Language Processors (NLP). However, difficulties arose with the quality of the structural analysis of the NLP used just comparing simple sentences in different but closely related natural languages. We now present a comparison of different available NLPs and discuss the results. The comparison confirms the results from [20], showing that current NLPs are not capable of analysing even simple sentences such that resulting structures between different natural languages can be compared.
AB - Starting from the general question, if there is a connection between the mathematical capabilities of a student and his native language, we aim at comparing natural languages with mathematical language quantitatively. In [20] we set up an approach to compare language structures using Natural Language Processors (NLP). However, difficulties arose with the quality of the structural analysis of the NLP used just comparing simple sentences in different but closely related natural languages. We now present a comparison of different available NLPs and discuss the results. The comparison confirms the results from [20], showing that current NLPs are not capable of analysing even simple sentences such that resulting structures between different natural languages can be compared.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/662973
UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00791-020-00325-2
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084935022&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00791-020-00325-2
DO - 10.1007/s00791-020-00325-2
M3 - Article
SN - 1433-0369
VL - 23
JO - Computing and Visualization in Science
JF - Computing and Visualization in Science
IS - 1-4
ER -