The effectiveness of morphological rules for an isizulu spelling checker

South African Journal of African Languages

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-36

  Bosch, Sonja E ^a   Eiselen, Roald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 80053407313     PISSN: 2572117     EISSN: 23051159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2005.10587246     Document Type: Article

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