AfLaT.org - Corpus

CORPUS WEEK at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa 25 - 28 March 2013

Guy — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:07:32 +0000

Corpus Linguistics "in the very very South"

We are pleased to announce the first in a series of annual meetings intended to draw together researchers in Southern Africa and beyond who work with corpora - or who would like to! A blend of conference presentations, networking sessions and training workshops, Corpus Week is aimed at sharing experience and expertise, as well as inspiring researchers from diverse areas of linguistics and other disciplines to see the potential for incorporating corpus methods in their work.

Expressions of interest in getting involved are now invited - whether you would like to offer a training workshop, present corpus research or just come and meet like-minded researchers, you would be very welcome. The meeting will offer something for everyone, from the experienced researcher to the intrigued newbie.

Confirmed contributors:

Bertus van Rooy
Danie Prinsloo
Ramesh Krishnamurthy
Sylvia Jaworska

For more information or to submit your expression of interest, please
contact Sally Hunt at S [dot] Hunt [at] ru [dot] ac [dot] za or +27 46 603 8105.

Dr Sally Hunt
Department of English Language and Linguistics
Rhodes University
Grahamstown
South Africa
Tel: +27 46 6038105

Abibitumi Kasa: Afrikan (African) Language + Liberation Institutes

Akyeame_Kwame — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:15:28 +0000

Abibitumi Kasa Classes | Abibitumi Kasa : An Afrikan Language Institute

https://www.abibitumikasa.com/register.html

Learn Conversational Akan (Twi), Yoruba or Wolof Online In One Month! Classes Ongoing!

Online = Accessible to Afrikans worldwide
Engaging = Interactive with live voice and video
Easy = Setup is simple and quick often requiring little to no troubleshooting

https://www.abibitumikasa.com/classes.html
https://www.abibitumikasa.com/register.html

What: You are invited to join one month (8 class) sessions of Conversational Twi, Yoruba or Wolof

Who: All Afrikan people who are serious about being Afrikan

When: Next class session begins the week of September 14th, 2009. Classes ongoing, beginning every month! (Click here for schedule https://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/calendar.php)

Monday AND Wednesday Conversational Twi 7:00PM-9:00PM Eastern

Tuesday AND Thursday Conversational Yoruba 7:00PM-9:00PM Eastern

AND

Saturday AND Sunday Conversational Wolof 6:00PM-8:00PM

Where: https://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/chat/flashchat.php

How: To access the online member classroom, you must register for the Abibitumi Kasa site at https://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/register.php

You'll need to do this if you don't have an account already.

If you already have an account at the site, login at this link: https://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/login.php

From there click on the link to member classroom on any page at the site at class time or visit the link to the member classroom here directly at https://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/chat/flashchat.php

Learn to hook up your audio and/or webcam for class and more at: https://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/video-tutorials-how-abibitumi-kasa/

How Much: 195 USD for eight (8) class Introductory Class; Contact us about cost of advanced individual tutorials https://www.abibitumikasa.com/contact.html

Why: Repatriation, Visit, Interacting with Family, and more. Let us know your reason for wanting to learn Afrikan languages via our Prospective Student Questionnaire https://www.abibitumikasa.com/nsemmisa.pdf

Four Simple Steps to SUCCESSFUL registration for class:

Have you registered for the class: https://www.abibitumikasa.com/register.html

Have you submitted payment for the class: https://www.abibitumikasa.com/payment.html

Have you registered and logged into the forums: https://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/register.php

Have you clicked on member classroom (where the classes are held): https://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/chat/flashchat.php

View Class Requirements:
https://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/faq.php?faq=onlineclasses

Our other classes include:
(Click the class name for details)

Mwalimu Baruti Eureason Course Online

Mwalimu Baruti Afrikan Centered Sociology Course Online

Akinjide Bonotchi Mongomery's Introduction Medew Netcher Course Online

Professor Griff: Psychological Covert War on Hip-Hop Course Online

Akhu Yaw Kamau: Afrikan Mathematics Course Online

Ogechi Amadi's Holistic Child Development Course Online

Dr Runoko Rashidi: Around the World with Runoko Rashidi (Begins again winter 2009)

Ras Ariel: Repatriation Course 101

Baba Balogun Abeegunde: Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within

Dr. Kamau Kambon: Seminar: Food Health and You: Why Afrikans Die So Young Course Online (TBA)

Zhiizhii Prince: Kiswahili I Course Online (TBA)

Kentake Mut Merimut: AkokO Nan: Protection and Guardianship of Our Afrikan Children in the Age of WAR Course Online (TBA)

Keidi Obi Awadu: The Great AIDS Hoax Course Online (TBA)

Dr. Hassimi Oumarou Maiga: Songhoy I (Offered based on interest)

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Corpora for African languages - An Crúbadán

scannell — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:42:21 +0000

URL:

https://borel.slu.edu/crubadan/

Description:

The Crúbadán Project is devoted to creating basic language technology for minority languages and under-resourced languages using web-crawling and statistical techniques. As of early 2008 we have collected text corpora for 419 languages, including more than 125 African languages, and have used these to create open source spell checkers for more than 20 languages. Please contact Kevin Scannell (https://borel.slu.edu/) if you are interested in developing open source resources for other African languages using these data.

The Lord's Prayer - Ogosaba Kw'Omonene

Edward Ombui — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:57:32 +0000

The Lord's Prayer - Ogosaba Kw'Omonene
Our Father who is in heaven - Tata oito ore igoro
Hallowed be your name - Erieta riao risikwe
Your kingdom come - Oboruoti bwao boche
Your will be done on earth - Ogwancha kwao gokoreke ense
As it is in heaven - Buna kogokoreka igoro
Give us this day our daily bread - Otoe intwe rero endagera yaito
Forgive us our sins - Otwabere ebibe biaito

Resource-scarce vs low-resourced vs less-resourced?

gbvh — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:28:49 +0000

Hi Everyone!

Recently, there was a dicussion about the differences between the above-mentioned concepts on some or other list. I thought it was on CorporaList, but can't find anything in their archives.

Does anyone here have an idea where I can look for the discussion thread?

Your help is appreciated!

Yours,
Gerhard

Sociolingo's Africa Blog

Sociolingo — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:00:08 +0000

URL:

https://www.sociolingo.wordpress.com

Description:

A general blog about Africa with strengths in linguistics and culture.

Sociolingo's Mali Blog

Sociolingo — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:58:15 +0000

URL:

https://www.sociolingomali.wordpress.com

Description:

A general blog about Mali with strengths in linguistics and culture.

LINGO7 CONFERENCE: Theme session: Computational linguistics, including CALL and Machine Translation

wanderson — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:19:13 +0000

LINGO7 CONFERENCE
Linguistics Society of South Africa (LSSA), the South African Association for Language Teaching (SAALT) and the South African Applied Linguistics Association (SAALA)
4-6 July 2007

Potchefstroom Campus of the North West University, South Africa
Theme session: Computational linguistics, including CALL and Machine Translation

14th International Conference of the African Language Association Of Southern Africa (ALASA)

wanderson — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:15:22 +0000

14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AFRICAN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (ALASA)
9 - 11 JULY 2007

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth Special Track for HLT: HLT research in South Africa - towards sustainable development

Deadline for abstracts: 30 March 2007
Summary: 100 words
Length of abstracts: 500-800 words

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES AND PEOPLE NEEDED

Martin.Puttkammer — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:27:36 +0000

The Centre for Text Technology (CTexT) at the North-West University (South Africa) is developing proprietary spelling checkers for various African languages. In order to conduct this project successfully, we are currently sourcing various resources, most notably electronic resources (word lists, corpora, etc.) and people (experts and assistants) to contribute to the project.

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