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An algorithm for generating a dictionary of Japanese scientific terms

dc.contributor.authorMaciejewski, Anthony A., author
dc.contributor.authorKang, Yun-Sun, author
dc.contributor.authorOxford University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T08:09:31Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T08:09:31Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.description.abstractThis article describes the implementation of algorithms for generating a dictionary of Japanese scientific terms originating from the English language. Such words are typically transliterated into katakana, one of the four distinct orthographies that commonly occur in Japanese texts. The effort required to learn katakana yields significant returns to readers of technical Japanese due to the high incidence of terms derived from English. The algorithms described here are able to automatically generate a katakana to English dictionary from raw Japanese text and its English translation, which in many cases is available in electronic form, with a reasonable degree of accuracy. The algorithm thus allows an instructor to generate specialized Japanese vocabularies from selected articles, so that he/she can individualize lessons for a particular student's technical interest and competence at reading katakana. The algorithm has been shown to be very effective in technical Japanese instruction and is currently used in a course on Japanese information processing for electrical engineering students at Purdue University.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationKang, Yun-Sun and Anthony A. Maciejewski, An Algorithm for Generating a Dictionary of Japanese Scientific Terms, Literary and Linguistic Computing 11, no. 2 (June 1996): [76]-85.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/67353
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofFaculty Publications
dc.rights©1996 Oxford University Press.
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dc.subjectJapanese phonology
dc.subjecttext-to-phoneme conversion
dc.subjecttext pattern matching
dc.subjectJapanese language instruction
dc.titleAn algorithm for generating a dictionary of Japanese scientific terms
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