Lecture 1 Language and linguistics Keywords

Self-control questions:
What does Sociolinguistics study?
Explain the terms dialect and variety, accent;
Define the terms “a sociolect” and “an idiolect”?
Speak about the influences of social groupings and networks to the language of each person?

LECTURE 10
Language and Technology
Keywords: technology, analyze, electronic device, computational linguistics, technological programme work.
Language technology, often called human language technology (HLT), studies methods of how computer programs or electronic devices can analyze, produce, modify or respond to human texts and speech.^[1] Working with language technology often requires broad knowledge not only about linguistics but also about computer science. It consists of natural language processing (NLP) and computational linguistics (CL) on the one hand, many application oriented aspects of these, and more low-level aspects such as encoding and speech technology on the other hand.
Note that these elementary aspects are normally not considered to be within the scope of related terms such as natural language processing and (applied) computational linguistics, which are otherwise near-synonyms. As an example, for many of the world's lesser known languages, the foundation of language technology is providing communities with fonts and keyboard setups so their languages can be written on computers or mobile devices.
As we've mentioned briefly above, language and technology are inherently intertwined. All technological feats would have required vast amounts of language to bring into existence. This could be through researchers, scientists, and engineers communicating with one another to bring an idea to life or through users communicating directly with the technology itself to prompt it to execute its function.
Wherever you find technology, you'll also find language. The relationship between language and technology is therefore unbreakable.
Not only does technology rely on the presence of language to exist, but technology is also controlled, instructed, and modified by language. You could say that language has one of the most important roles in ensuring technological success. So what exactly IS the role of language in technology?
In most cases, language is required to make a piece of technology or technological programme work. This begins from the roots when the coders and programmers first create the code that tells computers and other machines what they're supposed to do. We also speak about this code in linguistic terms, such as 'coding language' or 'programming language'.
Once the technology is successfully up and running, the users will often use language to get the technology to perform its intended function. This could come in the form of typing sentences into a social media platform to send a message to someone or inputting someone's personal and bank details to pay them online.