Domain General Vs Domain Specific Language

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Domain general vs domain specific language. 1 department of psychology brock university st. In part 1 we examine the scientific answer to the question of how far human mental activities and capabilities are domain general dg i domain specific ds. A domain specific programming language or special purpose is the one that is specially designed for a particular application domain. Domains of knowledge are thus interdependent and training in one domain may well affect performance in another domain.

The article is divided into two sections. The article responds to the need for evidence based dynamic assessment. There are a wide variety of dsls ranging from widely used languages for common domains such as html for web pages down to languages used by only one or a few pieces of software such as. You cannot use such a language to solve a problem that does not fall within its domain.

This has not been the approach used in most studies attempting to contrast domain specific with domain general processes in language. Language related domain specific and domain general systems in the human brain. Tion to directly address the domain general versus domain specific question. Nevertheless these language related domain general systems are an integral part of the wider language system unlike the domain general systems of attention and memory.

Problems with the domain general and domain specific approaches the domain general approach obviously has. The important point here is that for the distinction between domain specific and domain general systems to be explanatory the domain specific neural system for language needs to be defined. Defining the extent to which syntax is domain specific has recently become important in the context of investigating the evolutionary precursors to human language. Catharines on l2s 3a1 canada.

Domain specific factors tended to become more salient with increasing language proficiency whereas the salience of domain general factors tended to decrease. Campbell kl 1 tyler lk 2. A domain specific language dsl is a computer language specialized to a particular application domain this is in contrast to a general purpose language gpl which is broadly applicable across domains. 2 department of psychology university of cambridge cambridge cb2 3eb united kingdom.

Domain general and domain specific accounts of sli numerous researchers have put forth the hypothesis that the protracted language development exhibited by children with sli is the result of deficits in basic cogni. In one test form targeting high levels of proficiency this factor pattern was reversed.