15.2182, Qs: Verbal Interaction; Machine Translation/Tense

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-15-2182. Fri Jul 30 2004. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 15.2182, Qs: Verbal Interaction; Machine Translation/Tense

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Date:  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:48:00 +0200
From:  Jan Clasen <jan.clasen at gmx.de>
Subject:  Sociolinguistic and Ethnographic Verbal Interaction

2)
Date:  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:53:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:  Johann Weber <derweberfred at netscape.net>
Subject:  Tense Aspect / Machine Translation

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Date:  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:48:00 +0200
From:  Jan Clasen <jan.clasen at gmx.de>
Subject:  Sociolinguistic and Ethnographic Verbal Interaction

Dear all,

I am working on an MA thesis on the verbal interaction of an amateur
music band, within a sociolinguistic and/or ethnographic framework. I am
looking for literature on the topic and hints from people that have
worked on this.

All help will be greatly appreciated.

Jan Clasen



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Date:  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:53:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:  Johann Weber <derweberfred at netscape.net>
Subject:  Tense Aspect / Machine Translation

I am about to write my master thesis in linguistic. The thesis is
supposed to deal mainly with the problems that occur in the process of
automatic translation of aspect and tense, n.b. I am going to focus on
the two languages German and Spanish and the problem of a correct
decision whether in the target language to apply IMPERFECTO or
INDEFINIDO.

I would be grateful if you could help me with one or the other of the
following points:

- Can you supply me with up to date bibliographical hints concerning
tense and aspect (in a morpho syntactic and/or semantic context)?

- Can you supply me with up to date bibliographical hints on tense and
aspect within the context of machine translation?

- Do you have any bibliographical suggestions concerning a comparative
view on Germanic and Romance languages focusing on tense and aspect?

I am looking forward to reading and finally posting all your
interesting answers and already thank you very much for your help.

Johann-Friedrich Weber

Subject-Language: German, Standard;Spanish; Code: SPN

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