Iceland's Language Technology: Policy versus Practice

Autor/inn/en	Hilmarsson-Dunn, Amanda M.; Kristinsson, Ari P.
Titel	Iceland's Language Technology: Policy versus Practice
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 10 (2009) 4, S.361-376 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1466-4208
Schlagwörter	Computational Linguistics; Basic Vocabulary; Information Technology; Indo European Languages; Foreign Countries; Language Planning; Grammar; English (Second Language); Translation; Iceland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Grundwortschatz; Informationstechnologie; Indoeuropäisch; Ausland; Sprachwechsel; Grammatik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Island
Abstract	Iceland's language policies are purist and protectionist, aiming to maintain the grammatical system and basic vocabulary of Icelandic as it has been for a thousand years and to keep the language free of foreign (English) borrowings. In order to use Icelandic in the domain of information technology, there has been a major investment in language technology. However, this is expensive and time-consuming, and some feel that, with a population conversant in English, the effort to constantly adapt and translate new technologies from English is not worthwhile. This paper aims to examine Iceland's policies for IT and to investigate whether they can be maintained in practice. (Contains 1 figure and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10