A Morphological Analyzer for St. Lawrence Island / Central Siberian Yupik (L18-1)
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| Challenge: | St. Lawrence Island / Central Siberian Yupik is an endangered language . it exhibits pervasive agglutinative and polysynthetic properties . |
| Approach: | They propose to implement a finite-state morphological analyzer for the endangered language . it cyclically interweaves morphology and phonology to account for the language's intricate morphophonological system. |
| Outcome: | The proposed method cyclically interweaves morphology and phonology to account for the language's intricate morphophonological system. |
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