Foreign Languages

It should be kept in mind that much of the study of computer language processing has been done using English.

The techniques used for English do not necessarily work as well for other languages. Some issues:

• Word order is used more in English than in many other languages, which may use case forms instead.

  gloria in excelsis Deo

• Agreement in number and gender are more important in other languages.

  la casa blanca          the white house
  el caballo blanco          the white horse

• Familiar, formal, honorific forms of language.

  sie          you
  Du          Thou