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Exploiting cross-linguistic similarities in Zulu and Xhosa computational morphology

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dc.contributor.author Pretorius, L
dc.contributor.author Bosch, S
dc.date.accessioned 2010-04-18T13:32:20Z
dc.date.available 2010-04-18T13:32:20Z
dc.date.issued 2009-03
dc.identifier.citation Pretorius, L and Bosch, S 2009. Exploiting cross-linguistic similarities in Zulu and Xhosa computational morphology. EACL Workshop on Language Technologies for African Languages, Athens, Greece, 31 March 2009, pp 96-103 en
dc.identifier.isbn 1-932432-25-6
dc.identifier.uri http://www.aclweb.org/anthology/W/W09/W09-0714.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4040
dc.description 2009 Association for Computational Linguistics, EACL Workshop on Language Technologies for African Languages, Athens, Greece, 31 March 2009 en
dc.description.abstract This paper investigates the possibilities that cross-linguistic similarities and dissimilarities between related languages offer in terms of bootstrapping a morphological analyser. In this case an existing Zulu morphological analyser prototype (ZulMorph) serves as basis for a Xhosa analyser. The investigation is structured around the morphotactics and the morphophonological alternations of the languages involved. Special attention is given to the so-called “open” class, which represents the word root lexicons for specifically nouns and verbs. The acquisition and coverage of these lexicons prove to be crucial for the success of the analysers under development. The bootstrapped morphological analyser is applied to parallel test corpora and the results are discussed. A variety of cross-linguistic effects is illustrated with examples from the corpora. It is found that bootstrapping morphological analysers for languages that exhibit significant structural and lexical similarities may be fruitfully exploited for developing analysers for lesser-resourced languages. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Association for Computational Linguistics en
dc.subject Cross-linguistic en
dc.subject Computational morphology en
dc.subject Zulu language en
dc.subject Xhosa language en
dc.subject Nguni languages en
dc.subject Related languages en
dc.subject Zulu morphological analyser prototype en
dc.subject ZulMorph en
dc.subject Morphotactics en
dc.subject Morphophonology en
dc.subject Corpora en
dc.title Exploiting cross-linguistic similarities in Zulu and Xhosa computational morphology en
dc.type Conference Presentation en
dc.identifier.apacitation Pretorius, L., & Bosch, S. (2009). Exploiting cross-linguistic similarities in Zulu and Xhosa computational morphology. Association for Computational Linguistics. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4040 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Pretorius, L, and S Bosch. "Exploiting cross-linguistic similarities in Zulu and Xhosa computational morphology." (2009): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4040 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Pretorius L, Bosch S, Exploiting cross-linguistic similarities in Zulu and Xhosa computational morphology; Association for Computational Linguistics; 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4040 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Pretorius, L AU - Bosch, S AB - This paper investigates the possibilities that cross-linguistic similarities and dissimilarities between related languages offer in terms of bootstrapping a morphological analyser. In this case an existing Zulu morphological analyser prototype (ZulMorph) serves as basis for a Xhosa analyser. The investigation is structured around the morphotactics and the morphophonological alternations of the languages involved. Special attention is given to the so-called “open” class, which represents the word root lexicons for specifically nouns and verbs. The acquisition and coverage of these lexicons prove to be crucial for the success of the analysers under development. The bootstrapped morphological analyser is applied to parallel test corpora and the results are discussed. A variety of cross-linguistic effects is illustrated with examples from the corpora. It is found that bootstrapping morphological analysers for languages that exhibit significant structural and lexical similarities may be fruitfully exploited for developing analysers for lesser-resourced languages. DA - 2009-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Cross-linguistic KW - Computational morphology KW - Zulu language KW - Xhosa language KW - Nguni languages KW - Related languages KW - Zulu morphological analyser prototype KW - ZulMorph KW - Morphotactics KW - Morphophonology KW - Corpora LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 SM - 1-932432-25-6 T1 - Exploiting cross-linguistic similarities in Zulu and Xhosa computational morphology TI - Exploiting cross-linguistic similarities in Zulu and Xhosa computational morphology UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4040 ER - en_ZA


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