Fiscal Year	2011
Division	Research & Sponsored Programs
Department	Cebrowski Institute
Investigator(s)	Martell, Craig H.
Sponsor	University of Maryland (Other)
Summary	This collaborative effort continues research supporting the Socio-Cultural Content in Language (SCIL) Program. The main goal of this effort is to explore and develop novel designs, algorithms, methods, techniques and technologies to extend the discovery of the social constructs of members of a group of correlating these constructs with the language they use. Human language use reflects social and cultural norms, contests and expectations. Social variables (such as religion, status, gender, education) and contextual features (such as formality, participant beliefs, social situations) can influence the form and features of language. Because language use responds to such social and cultural influences, the correlating social constructs and language forms and content should provide a rich and expanded understanding of the attributes, roles and nature of the associations and intentions of members of social groups.
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