Natural Language

Definition

Natural Language

any language that has naturally evolved for communication between humans

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Natural Language is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Language
• Subclasses: None
• Example Instances:
  • English
  • German
  • Japanese

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of a Natural Language are to:

• Communicate textual information to human stakeholders.
• Communicate verbally with human stakeholders.

Guidelines

• Beware of the inherent ambiguity in natural languages.
• Avoid the use of unnecessary technical jargon.
• Use the terminology of the application domain and users.