Title

A Field Survey for Establishing Priorities in the Development of HLT Resources for Dutch

Authors

D. Binnenpoorte (Speech Processing Expertise Centre (SPEX), Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Language and Speech, University of Nijmegen Erasmusplein 1, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

F. De Vriend (Department of Language and Speech, University of Nijmegen Erasmusplein 1, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

J. Sturm (Department of Language and Speech, University of Nijmegen Erasmusplein 1, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

W. Daelemans (Department of CNTS Language Technology, University of Antwerp, Belgium)

H. Strik (Department of Language and Speech, University of Nijmegen Erasmusplein 1, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

C. Cucchiarini (Department of Language and Speech, University of Nijmegen Erasmusplein 1, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Nederlandse Taalunie, Postbus 10595, 2501 HN, The Hague, The Netherlands)

Session

WP6: LRs & Projects

Abstract

In this paper we describe a survey of Dutch language resources that has been carried out within the framework of a project launched by the Dutch Language Union (Nederlandse Taalunie) with the aim of strengthening the position of Dutch in Human Language Technologies (HLT). In this paper we present a so-called BLARK (Basic LAnguage Resources Kit). Based on the information collected in the survey, a priority list has been drawn up for materials that need to be developed to complete the BLARK specific for Dutch. The method employed and reported in this paper is not specific for Dutch and can be adopted for other languages.

Keywords

HLT resources

Full Paper

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