LINGUIST List 6.1538

Thu Nov 2 1995

Qs: Syllabification algorithms, Lemke, Burji, Lg acq

Editor for this issue: Ann Dizdar <dizdartam2000.tamu.edu>

Directory

1. Su-Lin Wu, Request for syllabification algorithms
2. Anthea Fallen-Bailey, Lemke, anyone?
3. Alexis Manaster Ramer, Query: Burji
4. Ping Xue, Language acquisition

I am working on a speech recognition project and would like to
automatically syllabify the words in my lexicon. I've been looking
for syllabification algorithms, but I am having a hard time finding
practical, clearly stated and complete algorithms that will provide
good coverage.

Does anyone know of such computationally implementable syllabification
algorithms? I will be happy to summarize any responses.

Thank you.
- Su-Lin.

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Su-Lin Wu
Computer Science Division
UC Berkeley and International Computer Science Institute
sulinicsi.berkeley.edu
http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~sulin
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Dear Colleagues,

Does anyone have information about the survival of a language called
"Lemke"? My step-mother and I were talking the other night, and she
is certain that all Lemke communities in the Carpathian Mountains
region -- from which both her parents came -- have been obliterated.
I was trying to tell her that the villages might be gone, but the
language might still survive with speakers elsewhere. One person
recently told me that there is a strong community in Pennsylvania,
U.S. Can anyone confirm this? And what about in Europe?

Thank-you in advance for your help.

Anthea
Depts. of Geography and Linguistics,
U. of Oregon, Eugene, OR., USA.

Is there anybody out there who knows the Cushitic language
Burji and could answer just a couple of quick questions?

Alexis Manaster Ramer

I would greatly appreciate it, if someone could suggest a recently published
text (or texts) for an undergraduate FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION course.

Ping Xue