CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE GRAMMARS THROUGH A

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTIC APPROACH

Maria Daniela Cristian, Computational Linguistics
In the present days, due t !"#a"$%at$n and ad&an'e(ent ) te'hn"!y, the (dern s'$ety
'han!ed and $t #e'a(e (u"t$'u"tura" and (u"t$"$n!ua"* The sh$)t )r( a '"se '((un$ty t a
(re pened (u"t$'u"tura" '((un$ty $s nt$'ea#"e $n the presen'e ) (u"t$nat$na" '(pan$es
and $nternat$na" edu'at$na" e+'han!e pr!ra(s, ,here the yun! !enerat$ns as ,e"" as the
adu"ts ha&e t )$nd s"ut$ns )r the 'u"tura" r "an!ua!e '"ashes that are )ten ''urr$n!*
Our d$))$'u"ty t '((un$'ate ,$th thers )r'es us t sear'h )r he"p and )r ,ays ) dea"$n!
,$th $t* In the present s'enar$, the -u$'.est and eas$est s"ut$n t these '((un$'at$n /a(s are
the n"$ne trans"at$n t"s and the s)t,are trans"atrs* 0hene&er s(ene ,$shes t "earn r t
understand anther "an!ua!e, G!"e and 1$n! Trans"at$n P"at)r(s '(e &ery handy, #ut $n
(st ) the s$tuat$ns, they are per'e$&ed as an $nter)a'e that )a&rs $na't$&e users, #e'ause ) $ts
aut(at$' )eature, ,h$"e s(e ther trans"at$n t"s, spe""$n! and !ra((ar 'he'.ers are (eant
t !$&e a (re a''urate trans"at$n*
The purpse ) the present resear'h $s )$rst t understand the #as$s ) a (a'h$ne trans"at$n
s)t,are, $n the 'nte+t ) a 'rss2"$n!u$st$' appra'h* Th$s atte(pt started )r( the
a'.n,"ed!(ent ) the "$($ted de&e"p(ent dne $n 'ase ) r(an'e "an!ua!es, #e'ause ) the
d$))$'u"ty that the de&e"pers are en'unter$n! $n adapt$n! the$r '(p"e+ $rre!u"ar !ra((ar t the
esta#"$shed pattern dne pr$(ar$"y )r the En!"$sh "an!ua!e* In the pr'ess ) 'han!$n! the
'rre't$n t" pattern t the R(an'e "an!ua!es needs and restr$'t$ns, th$s paper ,$"" )'us
(a$n"y n Ita"$an and R(an$an "an!ua!e*
Add$t$na""y, the resear'h atte(pts $s t a'-u$re a #etter understand$n! ) the "an!ua!e
phen(ena thru!h a 'ntrast$&e ana"ys$s ) the e+terna" )a'trs that are $n)"uen'$n! a "an!ua!e*
Mre&er, I a( $nterested $n esta#"$sh$n! t ,hat e+tend a "an!ua!e $s $n)"uen'$n! anther
"an!ua!e* 1y d$n! that, I ,$"" try t ans,er t the -uest$n ) h, $s the "an!ua!e $ntera't$n
a))e't$n! the "an!ua!e trans"at$n pr!ra(s, as ,e"" as the users*
Fr e+a(p"e, R(an$an Lan!ua!e has a Lat$n !ra((ar stru'ture, /ust "$.e Ita"$an, #ut $n t$(e, $t
under,ent the $n)"uen'e ) S"a&$' "an!ua!es, and present"y $t $s under a strn! $n)"uen'e )
En!"$sh* There)re, $n th$s resear'h paper I ,$"" -uest$n the t$(e )a'tr and the de!ree )
$n)"uen'e ) the a#&e2(ent$ned "an!ua!es ''urr$n! n d$))erent "e&e"s*
Cnse-uent"y, #y (a.$n! use ) the present"y nt"!$'a" and app"$ed "$n!u$st$' ther$es, th$s
resear'h paper ,$"" 'n'"ude ,$th a '(parat$&e stru'tura" (de" that ,$"" re)"e't the 'rss2
"$n!u$st$' $ntera't$n, thus he"p$n! the de&e"pers and the users t understand the "an!ua!es $n
the$r '(p"e+$ty and there)re ,$"" )a'$"$tate the "an!ua!e a'-u$s$t$n and $ts app"$'at$ns*