Open AccessComputational Linguistics in Support of Linguistic Theory
Author(s) -
Emily M. Bender,
D. Terence Langendoen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
linguistic issues in language technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-3590
pISSN - 1945-3604
DOI - 10.33011/lilt.v3i.1213
Subject(s) - cyberinfrastructure , sketch , computational linguistics , computer science , applied linguistics , field (mathematics) , linguistics , theoretical linguistics , quantitative linguistics , data science , artificial intelligence , algorithm , mathematics , philosophy , pure mathematics
In this paper, we overview the ways in which computational methods can serve the goals of analysis and theory development in linguistics, and encourage the reader to become involved in the emerging cyberinfrastructure for linguistics. We survey examples from diverse subfields of how computational methods are already being used, describe the current state of the art in cyberinfrastructure for linguistics, sketch a pie-in-the-sky view of where the field could go, and outline steps that linguists can take now to bring about better access to and use of linguistic data through cyberinfrastructure.