Computational Linguistics: Analysis of The Functional Use of Microsoft Text Word Processor Text Corrector

Priscilla Chantal Duarte Silva, Ricardo Luiz Perez Teixeira, Victoria Olivia Araujo Vilas Boas
2019 International Journal of Linguistics Literature and Culture  
Computational linguistics is a field of study that lies at the interface between Linguistics and Computer Science. Though, it is an area that lacks the cooperation of both areas of knowledge as well as other areas of the Cognitive Sciences. The field of Computational Linguistics has the posturing of attending to Computation with regard to the treatment of linguistic data, analyzing the approach and the application of the computational components that try to reproduce the natural language
more » ... non. The present study aims to show the advance of computational linguistics, its motivations, applications, as well as the relation with the natural language, comparing the form of application of the computation with the linguistic functioning of the language of Portuguese Language. The study proposes a linguistic analysis of the text correctors with the approach of its limitations and inaccuracies compared to the natural language. Some phrases in the mother tongue were selected and inserted into Word as tests to fix possible grammatical errors and to check the current text corrector limitations, for later analysis and collection of results. The results revealed that Microsoft Word language reviser can not correct all Portuguese language errors. This indicates that it is necessary to review the conditions and operations of the Microsfot Word reviser engine.
doi:10.19044/llc.v6no2a2 fatcat:eafnc5zzmneh7ftr3wuakhp6ga