Controlled Languages

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Controlled Languages (CLs) are language standards with restricted vocabulary and grammar. They are used primarily for two purposes: to improve clarity for human readers and to improve the processibility of language by computers. The first CL was created to improve language pedagogy, but the concept has been adapted to the needs of industrial technical documentation, foreign language translation, knowledge engineering, and speech interfaces. Successful commercial applications of CL technology include controlled language checkers and machine translation systems. Controlled Language technology is expected to play a significant role in knowledge representation systems and command-and-control machine interfaces in the future.

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Richard Wojcik received his Ph.D. in linguistics from Ohio State University in 1973. He went on to teach linguistics at Columbia University, Barnard College, and Hofstra University before joining the Boeing Company in 1987 to work on natural language processing projects. In 1990, he was a principal developer of the Boeing Simplified English Checker (BSEC), which is now a commercial product that is widely used by AECMA SE authors around the world. Since 1993, he has also served on the Aerospace Industries Association Simplified English Task Group and is its current chair. He also represents the U.S. aerospace industry to the Aerospace and Defense Industries Association group (formerly AECMA), which oversees the SE standard. He has helped to organize Controlled Language applications workshops. In addition to his Controlled Language activities, he is currently involved with speech-processing and text-mining applications in the Phantom Works division of the Boeing Company.
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