Research Article

A Novel Syntactic-Based Approach to Calculate Similarities Among Languages

Volume: 27 Number: 1 April 25, 2023
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A Novel Syntactic-Based Approach to Calculate Similarities Among Languages

Abstract

The approach presented in this study is about the calculation of the similarities among languages by using the new feature template to be obtained from the syntactic analysis phase. Studies were conducted on 6 different language sets from two different language families in order to show the calculability of similarity of languages with the help of the recommended new feature template. In the first study, triplet-pattern template which is obtained from the syntactic analysis of Turkey, Kazakh, and Uyghur Turkish languages from Turkic languages families belonging to the Ural-Altaic linguistic family, could be formed automatically through developed software, and also similarity analysis of the desired languages could be made thanks to a different module developed within the same software. Consequently, not only similar structural relations of the languages from the same language family but also structural differences among the languages can also be revealed. Even if the first aim is to determine the similarities among languages when developing an approach, the real aim of the desired structure is to form a system independent from the language. In order to show that the formed system has a structure independent from the language, another study was carried out. In the second study, the similarities among the languages were determined by using treebanks of English, Swedish and Norwegian from the Germen language family. When the language family is Turkic and the metrics are Jaccard, Dice, and Similarity Matching, the highest similarity is Turkish-Uyghur, and the values of the metrics are 25.21%, 40.27%, and 50.42%, respectively. When the language family is Germen, the highest similarity is Norwegian-Swedish, and the values of the metrics are 37.15%, 54.17%, and 74.3, respectively.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

April 25, 2023

Submission Date

August 29, 2022

Acceptance Date

November 28, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 27 Number: 1

APA
Bilgin, M. (2023). A Novel Syntactic-Based Approach to Calculate Similarities Among Languages. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 27(1), 125-136. https://doi.org/10.19113/sdufenbed.1168260
AMA
1.Bilgin M. A Novel Syntactic-Based Approach to Calculate Similarities Among Languages. J. Nat. Appl. Sci. 2023;27(1):125-136. doi:10.19113/sdufenbed.1168260
Chicago
Bilgin, Metin. 2023. “A Novel Syntactic-Based Approach to Calculate Similarities Among Languages”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 27 (1): 125-36. https://doi.org/10.19113/sdufenbed.1168260.
EndNote
Bilgin M (April 1, 2023) A Novel Syntactic-Based Approach to Calculate Similarities Among Languages. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 27 1 125–136.
IEEE
[1]M. Bilgin, “A Novel Syntactic-Based Approach to Calculate Similarities Among Languages”, J. Nat. Appl. Sci., vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 125–136, Apr. 2023, doi: 10.19113/sdufenbed.1168260.
ISNAD
Bilgin, Metin. “A Novel Syntactic-Based Approach to Calculate Similarities Among Languages”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 27/1 (April 1, 2023): 125-136. https://doi.org/10.19113/sdufenbed.1168260.
JAMA
1.Bilgin M. A Novel Syntactic-Based Approach to Calculate Similarities Among Languages. J. Nat. Appl. Sci. 2023;27:125–136.
MLA
Bilgin, Metin. “A Novel Syntactic-Based Approach to Calculate Similarities Among Languages”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 27, no. 1, Apr. 2023, pp. 125-36, doi:10.19113/sdufenbed.1168260.
Vancouver
1.Metin Bilgin. A Novel Syntactic-Based Approach to Calculate Similarities Among Languages. J. Nat. Appl. Sci. 2023 Apr. 1;27(1):125-36. doi:10.19113/sdufenbed.1168260

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