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A NLP researcher is supposed to describe how language is used, not insist on how it should be used.
by unishark 7y ago
A NLP researcher is supposed to describe how language is used, not insist on how it should be used.
- hibbelig 7y agoEmily's point is that NLP researchers tend to describe only how English is used, not how other languages are used.
- unishark 7y agoThat's like criticizing a biologist for only studying nematodes. Research is specialized by its nature. She does say a bit about directing research to other languages. But mostly she complains about researchers not identifying their research as English, including threats to heckle speakers who don't identify it as such, i.e. who don't use the spoken language in the way she prefers.