Semiotics... Introduction to "Signs Computing"

Mohamed  Eddahbi

doi:10.35516/hum.v50i6.6517

Authors

Mohamed Eddahbi Department of Arabic language and literature, Faculty of Letters & Humanities Sais, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5264-5064

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v50i6.6517

Keywords:

The sign, kinesics, the computational semiotics, database, the functional elements

Abstract

Objectives: Figuring out the importance of the semiotic perspective in computing signs. in addition to setting up databases that can be invested in designing flexible applications of the automated diacritization, automated translation.

Methods: It is designed as follows a theoretical part dedicated to evoking some of the manifestations of the flexibility of semiotics, as well as mentioning some studies that have taken semiotics as their general framework for analysis, such as kinaesthetics and computational semiotics. An applied part in which a model based on semiotic concepts is presented to set up a synthetic database for the Arabic language, the automated diacritization as a model.

Results: With its theoretical concepts and applied procedures, semiotics can serve as a basic entry for signs computing.

Conclusions: The study recommends researchers to evoking semiotics during the automated processing of the Arabic language and its culture, both theoretical and applied, to overcome the inadequacies of the Arabic language applications and software.

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