Open AccessAn electronic dictionary and translation system for Murrinh-Patha
Author(s) -
Melanie Seiss,
Rachel Nordlinger
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eurocall newsletter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1695-2618
DOI - 10.4995/eurocall.2012.16207
Subject(s) - computer science , natural language processing , verb , artificial intelligence , machine translation , translation (biology) , language translation , bilingual dictionary , biochemistry , chemistry , messenger rna , gene
This paper presents an electronic dictionary and translation system for the Australian language Murrinh-Patha. Its complex verbal structure makes learning Murrinh-Patha very difficult. Design learning materials or a dictionary which is easy to understand and to use also presents a challenge. This paper discusses some of the difficulties posed by the Murrinh-Patha verb system and proposes electronic resources which build on deep language processing to perform the required tasks.