An exploration of language identification techniques for the Dutch folktale database

Rudolf Berend Trieschnigg, Djoerd Hiemstra, Mariet Theune, Franciska M.G. de Jong, Theo Meder

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Abstract

The Dutch Folktale Database contains fairy tales, traditional legends, urban legends, and jokes written in a large variety and combination of languages including (Middle and 17th century) Dutch, Frisian and a number of Dutch dialects. In this work we compare a number of approaches to automatic language identification for this collection. We show that in comparison to typical language identification tasks, classification performance for highly similar languages with little training data is low. The studied dataset consisting of over 39,000 documents in 16 languages and dialects is available on request for followup research.
Original languageUndefined
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Workshop on Adaptation of Language Resources and Tools for Processing Cultural Heritage (LREC 2012)
EditorsP. Osenova, S. Piperidis, M. Slavcheva, C. Vertan
Place of PublicationIstanbul, Turkey
PublisherLREC organization
Pages47-51
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)not assigned
Publication statusPublished - 26 May 2012
EventWorkshop on Adaptation of Language Resources and Tools for Processing Cultural Heritage, LREC 2012 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 26 May 201226 May 2012

Publication series

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PublisherLREC organization

Workshop

WorkshopWorkshop on Adaptation of Language Resources and Tools for Processing Cultural Heritage, LREC 2012
Period26/05/1226/05/12
Other26 May 2012

Keywords

  • METIS-289720
  • IR-82013
  • EWI-22321
  • Text classification
  • HMI-SLT: Speech and Language Technology
  • Language detection

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