Corpus Linguistics and NLP have many obvious applications for researchers, academics, and
other specialists; what should not be overlooked, however, is their role in improving the mundane,
everyday interactions between people and language, be they a reader of a newspaper; a child with
a storybook; or a student in a classroom. The language…[Read more]

“Making a Tibetan Speech Corpus” — སྐད་ཕུང་སྒྲུབ་སྟངས་ཀྱི་ལག་དེབ། — is a beginner’s guide and training manual for collecting & transcribing natural speech data. While it was written specifically with the Tibetan language in mind, the principles within are generally applicable.

The first chapter introduces linguistics, corpora, and practical…[Read more]