Dialectology for computational linguists

John Nerbonne, Wilbert Heeringa, Jelena Prokic, Martijn Wieling

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Abstract

This paper provides an overview of computational work in dialectology. We
have published similar surveys in the not-too-distant past (Heeringa and Prokic,
2018; Wieling and Nerbonne, 2015), but these were aimed at dialectologists and
general linguists, respectively. This article is aimed at computational linguists,
so that we will focus less on the nuts and bolts of exploiting the computer in
research on dialects (which is documented in the articles we cite) and more on
background assumptions and emerging issues and opportunities.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSimilar languages, varieties, and dialects
Subtitle of host publicationA computational perspective
EditorsMarcos Zampieri, Preslav Nakov
PublisherCambridge University Press
Chapter5
Pages96-118
Number of pages23
ISBN (Electronic)9781108565080
ISBN (Print)9781108429351
Publication statusPublished - Sept-2021

Publication series

NameStudies in Natural Language Processing
PublisherCambridge University Press

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