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受控自然语言的分类与研究

A Survey and Classification of Controlled Natural Languages

ETH Zurich(苏黎世联邦理工学院);University of Zurich(苏黎世大学)

Tobias Kuhn

摘要:

这里所说的受控自然语言(CNL)传统上有许多不同的名称。特别是在过去的四十年里,设计了各种各样的语言。它们被应用于改善人类之间的交流,改善翻译,或为正式符号提供自然和直观的表示。尽管存在明显的差异,但将所有这些语言放在同一个保护伞下似乎是明智的。为了使各种语言的秩序,这里提出了一个通用的分类方案。对现有的以英语为基础的CNLs进行了全面的调查,列出并描述了从1930年到今天的100种语言。对这些语言的分类表明,它们形成了一个单一的分散的云,填充了自然语言(如英语)和形式语言(如命题逻辑)之间的概念空间。本文的目标是为CNL提供一个通用的术语和通用的模型,有助于理解它们的一般性质,为对该领域感兴趣的研究人员提供一个起点,并帮助开发人员做出设计决策。

英文摘要:

What is here called controlled natural language (CNL) has traditionally been given many different names. Especially during the last four decades, a wide variety of such languages have been designed. They are applied to improve communication among humans, to improve translation, or to provide natural and intuitive representations for formal notations. Despite the apparent differences, it seems sensible to put all these languages under the same umbrella. To bring order to the variety of languages, a general classification scheme is presented here. A comprehensive survey of existing English-based CNLs is given, listing and describing 100 languages from 1930 until today. Classification of these languages reveals that they form a single scattered cloud filling the conceptual space between natural languages such as English on the one end and formal languages such as propositional logic on the other. The goal of this article is to provide a common terminology and a common model for CNL, to contribute to the understanding of their general nature, to provide a starting point for researchers interested in the area, and to help developers to make design decisions.

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