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The MaLex project is a cooperation between the Centre for Language Studies at the University of Malawi and the Institute for Languages
 
The MaLex project is a cooperation between the Centre for Language Studies at the University of Malawi and the Institute for Languages
and Communication Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim Norway. The project is financed by [http://www.uib.no/fa/intkont/nufu/nufu.htm NUFU] Prof. Lars Hellan is the nordic coordinator and Prof. Al Mtenje is the coordinator in Malawi.
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and Communication Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim Norway. The project is financed by [http://www.uib.no/fa/intkont/nufu/nufu.htm NUFU] Prof. Lars Hellan is the Nordic coordinator and Prof. Al Mtenje is the coordinator in Malawi.
  
The "LEX" in Malex stands for "lexicon" and lexica will be among the concrete results of the project. A second focal area of MaLex is in-depth annotation of a representative corpus, starting with Chichewa. Here a list of goals:
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The "LEX" in Malex stands for "lexicon" and lexica will be among the results of the project. A second focal area of MaLex is an in-depth annotation of representative corpora of the languages of Malawi, starting with Chichewa.
  
* make the process of lexicon creation efficient and
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The goals of TypeCraft within the MaLex project are:
* make the final result reusable in new projects without having to put in the same amount of manual effort as the first product required.
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* an in-depth linguistic annotation of representative text fragments of Chichewa.
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* within this overall goal the annotation of technological terms used in the medical campaign against HIV/AIDS is of special importance.

Revision as of 14:07, 28 January 2008

The MaLex project is a cooperation between the Centre for Language Studies at the University of Malawi and the Institute for Languages and Communication Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim Norway. The project is financed by NUFU Prof. Lars Hellan is the Nordic coordinator and Prof. Al Mtenje is the coordinator in Malawi.

The "LEX" in Malex stands for "lexicon" and lexica will be among the results of the project. A second focal area of MaLex is an in-depth annotation of representative corpora of the languages of Malawi, starting with Chichewa.

The goals of TypeCraft within the MaLex project are:

  • an in-depth linguistic annotation of representative text fragments of Chichewa.
  • within this overall goal the annotation of technological terms used in the medical campaign against HIV/AIDS is of special importance.