LINGUIST List 17.61
Wed Jan 11 2006
Qs: Homonymy in Morphology; Lang Technology Workflows
Editor for this issue: Jessica Boynton
<jessicalinguistlist.org>
Directory
1. Wayles
Browne,
Homonymy in Morphology
2. Andrea
Berez,
Developing Workflows for Language Technology
Message 1: Homonymy in Morphology
Date: 11-Jan-2006
From: Wayles Browne <ewb2cornell.edu>
Subject: Homonymy in Morphology
Prof. Midhat Ridjanovic (Univ. of Sarajevo, Bosnia) is writing about thehomonymy of grammatical signals, and seeks references to articles and booksin which other linguists have discussed the same topic. Examples ofhomonymy: English -(e)s is for plural on nouns, for possessive on phrases,for 3rd person singular on verbs; there is no obvious connection betweenthese various uses. Latin -o: is 1st person sing. on verbs, dat/abl sing.in second-declension nouns, nom. sing. in some third-declension nouns;again there is no obvious connection.
His address: jasminarbih.net.ba ; I am mentioning to him that he shouldsummarize the replies that he gets.
(sent in by Wayles Browne, Cornell)
Linguistic Field(s):
Morphology
Message 2: Developing Workflows for Language Technology
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Date: 10-Jan-2006
From: Andrea Berez <andrealinguistlist.org>
Subject: Developing Workflows for Language Technology
Hello LINGUIST readers,
I am working on a project to train members of an endangered languagespeaker community in making digital language teaching products. As such, weare not trying to turn these people into computer programmers; rather, weare trying to develop a workflow by which they can quickly and easily turnexisting non-digital language documentation into useful products.
I am looking for references on developing technology workflows;specifically I am looking for writings about methodology for developing anefficient flow. Helpful references will discuss topics like:
-removing as many possibilities for error from the flow-producing high-quality results with little training and time committment-using technology that is cheap/free-etc...
The references don't have to be only linguistic in nature; anything from CSwill do as well.
Thanks in advance for the help. I'll post a summary.
Andrea BerezWayne State University, Detroit
Linguistic Field(s):
Computational Linguistics
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