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* how are arguments marked in different languages? | * how are arguments marked in different languages? | ||
** argument structure alternations (e.g. ditransitive alternation in English) | |||
** languages with case-marking | |||
** what do imperatives look like in so-called "information-structure-heavy" or "topic-comment" languges? | |||
** do the same oblique arguments (prepositional phrases) map cleanly into prepositions in other languages? Short answer: no. | |||
* how do you parse for verb-final languages? | * how do you parse for verb-final languages? | ||
* learnability/usability/discoverability | * learnability/usability/discoverability | ||
** how do you learn new commands? | |||
** what does learning/teaching natural languages teach us about how users can learn Ubiq? | |||
Revision as of 01:53, 17 February 2009
Here are some future research topics in linguistics relevant to Ubiquity, in particular for the localization of Ubiquity.
See also Blair's list of localization issues to consider
- how are arguments marked in different languages?
- argument structure alternations (e.g. ditransitive alternation in English)
- languages with case-marking
- what do imperatives look like in so-called "information-structure-heavy" or "topic-comment" languges?
- do the same oblique arguments (prepositional phrases) map cleanly into prepositions in other languages? Short answer: no.
- how do you parse for verb-final languages?
- learnability/usability/discoverability
- how do you learn new commands?
- what does learning/teaching natural languages teach us about how users can learn Ubiq?