Abstract
The aim of this research is to identify local Arabic dialects in texts from social media (Twitter) and link them to specific geographic areas. Dialect identification is studied as a subset of the task of language identification. The proposed method is based on unsupervised learning using simultaneously lexical and geographic distance. While this study focusses on Libyan dialects, the approach is general, and could produce resources to support human translators and interpreters when dealing with vernaculars rather than standard Arabic.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The First Workshop on Human-Informed Translation and Interpreting Technology (HiT-IT) |
Pages | 52-57 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 7 Sept 2017 |
Event | First Workshop on Human-Informed Translation and Interpreting Technology - Varna, Bulgaria Duration: 7 Sept 2017 → 7 Sept 2017 http://rgcl.wlv.ac.uk/hit-it/ |
Conference
Conference | First Workshop on Human-Informed Translation and Interpreting Technology |
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Abbreviated title | HiT-IT |
Country/Territory | Bulgaria |
City | Varna |
Period | 7/09/17 → 7/09/17 |
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