Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP120101712

Funding Activity

Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP120101712

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Language engineering in the field: preserving 100 endangered languages in New Guinea. Efforts to preserve the world's endangered linguistic heritage are labour-intensive, and unable to keep up with the pace of language loss. This project investigates a new approach to language preservation, using techniques from language engineering, and leveraging the labour of mother-tongue speakers.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-02-2012

End Date: 31-12-2015

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $123,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Linguistics | Computational Linguistics | Pacific Languages | Natural Language Processing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Conserving Pacific Peoples Heritage | Electronic Information Storage and Retrieval Services |

Other Keywords

Computational Linguistics | Conserving Pacific Peoples Heritage | Electronic Information Storage and Retrieval Services | Linguistics | Natural Language Processing | Pacific Languages

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