02916nam 2200625Ia 450 991081471460332120240514042134.01-283-17448-0978661317448290-272-8357-5(CKB)2550000000040641(EBL)784230(OCoLC)742367067(SSID)ssj0000524951(PQKBManifestationID)11343579(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524951(PQKBWorkID)10487850(PQKB)11076043(MiAaPQ)EBC784230(Au-PeEL)EBL784230(CaPaEBR)ebr10484077(EXLCZ)99255000000004064119951005d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe possibility of language a discussion of the nature of language, with implications for human and machine translation /Alan K. Melby with C. Terry Warner1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjaminsc19951 online resource (300 p.)Benjamins translation library,0929-7316 ;v. 14Description based upon print version of record.90-272-1614-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-249) and indexes.THE POSSIBILITY OF LANGUAGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; 1. Limits in Search of a Cause; 2. Machine Translation; 3. The Wall; 4. Possibilities; 5. Implications; Appendix; Endnotes; Bibliography; Glossary; Subject Index; Author IndexThis book is about the limits of machine translation. It is widely recognized that machine translation systems do much better on domain-specific controlled-language texts (domain texts for short) than on dynamic general-language texts (general texts for short). The authors explore this general - domain distinction and come to some uncommon conclusions about the nature of language. Domain language is claimed to be made possible by general language, while general language is claimed to be made possible by the ethical dimensions of relationships. Domain language is unharmed by the constraints of Benjamins translation library ;v. 14.Machine translatingTranslating and interpretingLanguage and languagesPhilosophyMachine translating.Translating and interpreting.Language and languagesPhilosophy.418/.02/0285Melby Alan K1666509Warner C. Terry1724537MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814714603321The possibility of language4126727UNINA