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Teksti keelekasutusmustrid ja lingvistiline klasteranalüüs
Patterns of language use and linguistic cluster analysis

Author(s): Kais Allkivi-Metsoja, Pille Eslon
Subject(s): Language studies, Education, Language acquisition
Published by: Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühing (ERÜ)
Keywords: natural language processing; language use patterns; learner language; Estonian;

Summary/Abstract: For automatic processing of large electronic corpora, different language analysis tools and statistical methods are applied, the choice and combination of which depend on the language, the object and goals of study. In this article, we introduce an integrated software tool Klastrileidja (Cluster Catcher), which has been developed for finding language use patterns, and we give an overview of the study results obtained, using linguistic cluster analysis. Te purpose is to explain the possibilities that this method offers for natural language processing, exploring Estonian and learner language use as well as for pedagogical needs.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 21-46
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Estonian