Introduction to the special issue on African Language Technology

Language Resources and Evaluation

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-269

  de Pauw, Guy ^a   de Schryver, Gilles Maurice ^b,c   Pretorius, Laurette ^d   Levin, Lori ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^e Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

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EID: 79961208367     PISSN: 1574020X     EISSN: 15728412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10579-011-9157-9     Document Type: Article

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