A Grammar of Signals in Multilingual Systems

Authors

  • Nadia Farouk Mediterranean Language Computing Group Author
  • Emil Sørensen Nordic Institute for Computational Linguistics Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.0000/meridian.demo.2026.003

Keywords:

multilingual NLP, representation, cross-lingual transfer

Abstract

Multilingual systems coordinate many forms of evidence: lexical choices, script, context, user history, confidence estimates, and task constraints. We describe these sources as a grammar of signals and show how their interaction helps explain both robust transfer and surprising failures across related languages.

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Published

2026-06-18

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Signals, Systems & Society

Section

Articles