Pronunciation Dictionaries for the Alsatian Dialects to Analyze Spelling and Phonetic Variation (L18-1)
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| Challenge: | a new study compares phonetic transcriptions of Alsatian, German and French with existing pronunciation dictionaries . Alsatic dialects do not have a standardized spelling system, despite literary history dating back to the 19th century . |
| Approach: | They propose new pronunciation dictionaries for the under-resourced Alsatian dialects . they compare them with existing phonetic transcriptions of Alsalian, German and French . |
| Outcome: | The proposed dictionaries are compared with existing phonetic transcriptions of Alsatian, German and French to examine the relationship between speech and writing. |
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