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Here are some future research topics in linguistics relevant to Ubiquity, in particular for the localization of Ubiquity. | Here are some future research topics in linguistics relevant to Ubiquity, in particular for the localization of Ubiquity. Please comment here on the [[User_talk:Mitcho/ResearchTopics|wiki]], [mitcho@mitcho.com email me] or find me on [irc://irc.mozilla.org/ubiquity IRC]. | ||
See also [[User:Blur/UbiquityUplift#Localization|Blair's list of localization issues to consider]] | See also [[User:Blur/UbiquityUplift#Localization|Blair's list of localization issues to consider]] | ||
* what is the goal? | |||
** [http://mitcho.com/blog/projects/how-natural-should-a-natural-interface-be/ some initial thoughts: what kind of "natural" interface are we going for?] | |||
* how are arguments marked in different languages? | * how are arguments marked in different languages? | ||
** argument structure alternations (e.g. ditransitive alternation in English) | ** argument structure alternations (e.g. ditransitive alternation in English) | ||
Revision as of 01:59, 17 February 2009
Here are some future research topics in linguistics relevant to Ubiquity, in particular for the localization of Ubiquity. Please comment here on the wiki, [mitcho@mitcho.com email me] or find me on IRC.
See also Blair's list of localization issues to consider
- what is the goal?
- 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?