DEVELOPING AN ONLINE CORPUS OF FORMOSAN LANGUAGES

IF 0.3 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Taiwan Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2008-12-01 DOI:10.6519/TJL.2008.6(2).4

Li-May Sung, L. Su, Fuhui Hsieh, Zhemin Lin

引用次数: 4

Abstract

Information technologies have now matured to the point of enabling researchers to create a repository of language resources, especially for those languages facing the crisis of endangerment. The development of an online platform of corpora, made possible by recent advances in data storage, character-encoding and web technology, has profound consequences for the accessibility, quantity, quality and interoperability of linguistic field data. This is of particular significance for Formosan languages in Taiwan, many of which are on the verge of extinction. As a response to the recognition of this burgeoning problem, the key objectives of the establishment of the NTU Corpus of Formosan Languages aim to document and thus preserve valuable linguistic data, as well as relevant ethnological and cultural information. This paper will introduce some of the theoretical bases behind this initiative, as well as the procedures, transcription conventions, database normalization, in-house system and three special features in the creation of this corpus.

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开发线上台语语料库

信息技术现在已经成熟到使研究人员能够创建语言资源库的程度，特别是那些面临濒危危机的语言。数据存储、字符编码和网络技术的最新进展使语料库在线平台的发展成为可能，这对语言领域数据的可访问性、数量、质量和互操作性产生了深远的影响。这对台湾许多濒临灭绝的台语来说，意义尤其重大。台大台语语料库的建立，主要目的在于记录并保存有价值的语言资料，以及相关的民族学和文化资料。本文将介绍这一倡议背后的一些理论基础，以及该语料库创建的程序、转录惯例、数据库规范化、内部系统和三个特点。

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Taiwan Journal of Linguistics LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

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0.40

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审稿时长

20 weeks

期刊介绍： Taiwan Journal of Linguistics is an international journal dedicated to the publication of research papers in linguistics and welcomes contributions in all areas of the scientific study of language. Contributions may be submitted from all countries and are accepted all year round. The language of publication is English. There are no restrictions on regular submission; however, manuscripts simultaneously submitted to other publications cannot be accepted. TJL adheres to a strict standard of double-blind reviews to minimize biases that might be caused by knowledge of the author’s gender, culture, or standing within the professional community. Once a manuscript is determined as potentially suitable for the journal after an initial screening by the editor, all information that may identify the author is removed, and copies are sent to at least two qualified reviewers. The selection of reviewers is based purely on professional considerations and their identity will be kept strictly confidential by TJL. All feedback from the reviewers, except such comments as may be specifically referred to the attention of the editor, is faithfully relayed to the authors to assist them in improving their work, regardless of whether the paper is to be accepted, accepted upon minor revision, revised and resubmitted, or rejected.