Definition of language engineering in US English:
language engineering
nounˈlaNGɡwij ˌenjəˈni(ə)riNGˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ ˌɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)rɪŋ
The field of computing that uses tools such as machine-readable dictionaries and sentence parsers in order to process natural languages for applications such as speech synthesis and machine translation.
Example sentencesExamples
- Our implementation of NegEx is created as a processing resource using the JAPE regular expression system within the GATE framework for language engineering.
- Rhetorical's origins involved work carried out at Edinburgh University by Moens and Taylor on speech and language engineering.
- Questions of language engineering have generally been more vigorously considered in the US than in other English-speaking countries.