What is Alignement?
Alignement formulated as a branch of linguistics and philosophy of knowledge, that goes beyond the traditional study of language as a system of signs, grammatical structures and syntax. It focuses on the dynamic processes of formation, transmission and transformation of semantic and conceptual constructs that underlie human thinking and communication. Alignement is based on the idea that the processes of thinking, formulating, and interpreting concepts can be described using tools borrowed from conceptual modeling and domain-specific languages (DSLs), thus achieving rigor and formalization at a level previously unattainable in traditional approaches.
A key feature of alignement is the transition from abstract, philosophical concepts to concrete objects and relationships borrowed from computer science. Here, comparison, analogy and correlation between elements of cognitive processes and strictly defined models take place, which leads to the creation of a “closed system of rules” for describing and analyzing human processes and states.
Alignement point of view combines the study of linguistic, cognitive, communicative and reasoning processes. Using models and terminology borrowed from computer science and conceptual modeling, alignement:
- Moves from traditional analysis of language structure to the study of how thought turns into words and back again.
- Creates a closed system of rules to describe the processes of meaning formation and transmission, covering all levels from individual cognitive processes to collective communication.
- Provides a tool for formalizing reasoning, allowing us to model answer-seeking processes as sequences of transformations between conceptual models.
Thus, alignment becomes a powerful interdisciplinary tool that not only enriches traditional linguistics with new concepts and methodologies, but is also successfully applied in practical tasks requiring precise management of information flows and knowledge transformation processes.
The goal of this resource
A key aim of this resource is to create a place for publications exploring this area and a forum for discussion to bring together researchers interested in this area.
