Some contributions to spanish language teaching from computational linguistics

Abstract

In this paper, we present the pedagogical considerations that support postdoctoral research and some basic points followed in the automatic processing of the adjective and the verb from a computer tool, understanding that these are central categories used in Spanish grammar. In particular, the tool NooJ, created by Max Silberztein [10], which is freely available for academic purposes, is selected. In turn, the 5P Paradigm, Bès [1], is taken as a theoretical framework, introducing the notion of nucleus phrase. In this way, we characterize, for instance, the nucleus adjective phrase as the minimum processing unit and the Adjective Phrase as the major unit that contains it, and likewise, about the verb: the nucleus verbal phrase and Verbal Phrase. It is related to our research on the pedagogical application of computer tools in language teaching. From this perspective, it is understood that metalinguistic reflection becomes the driving force of linguistic learning, since the linguistic hypotheses generated by the student learners (in this case about the adjective and the verb) are validated by the machine with the application of the computer tool NooJ.