[Corpora-List] Sublanguage/controlled language

[Gregor Erbach]

Quoting Victoria López <victoria_lopez at terra.es>:

> I'm a Ph.D. student and I am studing sublanguages. I consider that weather
> reports is a clear example of sublanguage. In all the bibliography I have
> consulted, they have all the features to be considered a sublanguage.
>
> But some researchers told me that they would consider weather reports as
> being more a controlled language than a sublanguage because the writer is not
> free in his word choice and he has to follow a rigid style sheet.

Hi,
sublanguages and controlled languages are not mutually exclusive
concepts. Controlled languages place special restrictions on
grammar, style and vocabulary for writers of documents in special
domains.

Typically, a controlled language is formally defined, so that
conformity to the controlled language standard can be verified.

For a brief presentation of different kinds of controlled languages,
see http://www.tc-forum.org/topiccl/cl15diff.htm

regards,

   Gregor Erbach




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