On Practical Realisation of Autosegmental Representations in Lexical Transducers of Tonal Bantu Languages

Anssi Yli-Jyrä

On Practical Realisation of Autosegmental Representations in Lexical Transducers of Tonal Bantu Languages

Language Technology

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Abstract

A lexical transducer is a language technology resource that is typically used to predict the orthographic word forms and to model the relation between the lexical and the surface word forms of a morphologically complex language. This paper motivates the construction of tone-enhanced lexical transducers for tonal languages and gives two supporting arguments for the feasibility of finite-state compilation of autosegmental derivations. According to the Common Timeline Argument, adding a common timeline to autosegmental representations is crucial for their computational processing. According to the Compilation Argument, the compilation of autosegmental grammars requires combining code-theoretic and model-theoretic research lines.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Language Technologies for All (LT4All)
Editors	Gilles Adda, Khalid Choukri, Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg, Joseph Mariani, Hélène Mazo, Sakti Sakriani
Number of pages	4
Place of Publication	Paris
Publisher	European Language Resources Association (ELRA)
Publication date	2020
Pages	346-349
ISBN (Print)	979-10-95546-33-7
Publication status	Published - 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	LT4All – International Conference on Language Technologies for All 2019: Enabling Linguistic Diversity and Multilingualism Worldwide - UNESCO Headquarters, 7, place de Fontenoy, 75007, Paris, France , Paris, France Duration: 4 Dec 2019 → 6 Dec 2019 https://en.unesco.org/events/international-conference-language-technologies-all-lt4all-enabling-linguistic-diversity-and

Fields of Science

6121 Languages
113 Computer and information sciences
lexical transducers
tonal languages
autosegmental phonology
compositionality
origin correspondence

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2019.lt4all-1.87Final published version, 118 KBLicence: CC BY-NC

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Graph-Based Representation of Cross-Lingual Alignments
Abend, O. (Participant), Ronning, M. (Other) & Miles, G. (Other)
01/01/2018 → 17/01/2020
Project: Research project
ADEQSYNTAX: A Usable Finite-State Model for Adequate Syntactic Complexity
Yli-Jyrä, A. (Project manager)
Suomen tietokirjailijat
01/09/2013 → 30/04/2019
Project: Research project
LT4AFRICA: MDGs and African Language Technology: Roadmap to the Development of Bantu Language Resources
Yli-Jyrä, A. (Project manager), Killian, D. (Participant), Valkama, M. (Participant) & Hurskainen, A. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia
01/01/2010 → 31/12/2010
Project: Research project

1 Academic visit to other institution

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Yli-Jyrä, A. (Visiting researcher), Ronning, M. (Other role), Ronning, H. (Other role) & Abend, O. (Other role)
1 Jan 2020 → 17 Jan 2020
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution

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Yli-Jyrä, Anssi. / On Practical Realisation of Autosegmental Representations in Lexical Transducers of Tonal Bantu Languages. Proceedings of the Language Technologies for All (LT4All). editor / Gilles Adda ; Khalid Choukri ; Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg ; Joseph Mariani ; Hélène Mazo ; Sakti Sakriani. Paris : European Language Resources Association (ELRA), 2020. pp. 346-349

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Yli-Jyrä, A 2020, On Practical Realisation of Autosegmental Representations in Lexical Transducers of Tonal Bantu Languages. in G Adda, K Choukri, I Kasinskaite-Buddeberg, J Mariani, H Mazo & S Sakriani (eds), Proceedings of the Language Technologies for All (LT4All). European Language Resources Association (ELRA), Paris, pp. 346-349, LT4All – International Conference on Language Technologies for All 2019, Paris, France, 04/12/2019.

On Practical Realisation of Autosegmental Representations in Lexical Transducers of Tonal Bantu Languages. / Yli-Jyrä, Anssi.
Proceedings of the Language Technologies for All (LT4All). ed. / Gilles Adda; Khalid Choukri; Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg; Joseph Mariani; Hélène Mazo; Sakti Sakriani. Paris: European Language Resources Association (ELRA), 2020. p. 346-349.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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On Practical Realisation of Autosegmental Representations in Lexical Transducers of Tonal Bantu Languages

Abstract

Fields of Science

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Projects

Graph-Based Representation of Cross-Lingual Alignments

ADEQSYNTAX: A Usable Finite-State Model for Adequate Syntactic Complexity

LT4AFRICA: MDGs and African Language Technology: Roadmap to the Development of Bantu Language Resources

Activities

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

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