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What Do Dialect Speakers Want? A Survey of Attitudes Towards Language Technology for German Dialects
Feb. 20, 2024, 5:51 a.m. | Verena Blaschke, Christoph Purschke, Hinrich Sch\"utze, Barbara Plank
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Abstract: Natural language processing (NLP) has largely focused on modelling standardized languages. More recently, attention has increasingly shifted to local, non-standardized languages and dialects. However, the relevant speaker populations' needs and wishes with respect to NLP tools are largely unknown. In this paper, we focus on dialects and regional languages related to German -- a group of varieties that is heterogeneous in terms of prestige and standardization. We survey speakers of these varieties (N=327) and present …
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