梁茂成谈语料库语言学与计算机技术

Liang Maocheng’s views on corpus research and computer technology

1.您觉得哪些计算机技术与语料库语言学研究密切相关?计算机技术与语料库语言学密切相关,表现在语料库语言学高度依赖计算机技术。没有计算机技术,语料库语言学就不可能发展起来,研究者就只能像Alexander Cruden(1699-1770)那样,或像蔡庭干(1861-1935)那样,靠人工将《圣经》和《道德经》制作成逐字索引,人们所能观察到的数据必然十分有限。早期靠人工制作词语索引的学者,其意识超前,不辞劳苦的精神值得称道,更重要的是这种做法反映了这些学者对经验主义认识论的推崇。

Professor Liang is Professor of corpus linguistics and applied linguistics at the National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education,Beijing Foreign Studies University,China.His research interests include computational linguistics,corpus linguistics,automated essay scoring,corpusbased interlanguage analysis,and second language acquisition.He is vice Chairman and a founding member of Corpus Linguistics Society of China.In this interview,Liang writes about,around eight topics suggested by the Journal,the impact of computer technology on corpus-based language studies,and looks into the prospect of the field in the age of big data.