Syllabification with Frequent Sequence Patterns - A Language Independent Approach

Adrian Bona, Camelia Lemnaru, Rodica Potolea

2016

Abstract

In this paper we show how words represented as sequences of syllables can provide valuable patterns for achieving language independent syllabification. We present a novel approach for word syllabification, based on frequent pattern mining, but also a more general framework for syllabification. Preliminary evaluations on Romanian and English words indicated a word level accuracy around 77% for Romanian words and around 70% for English words. However, we believe the method can be refined in order to improve performance.

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Bona A., Lemnaru C. and Potolea R. (2016). Syllabification with Frequent Sequence Patterns - A Language Independent Approach . In Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 1: KDIR, (IC3K 2016) ISBN 978-989-758-203-5, pages 352-359. DOI: 10.5220/0006069703520359


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@conference{kdir16,
author={Adrian Bona and Camelia Lemnaru and Rodica Potolea},
title={Syllabification with Frequent Sequence Patterns - A Language Independent Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 1: KDIR, (IC3K 2016)},
year={2016},
pages={352-359},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006069703520359},
isbn={978-989-758-203-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 1: KDIR, (IC3K 2016)
TI - Syllabification with Frequent Sequence Patterns - A Language Independent Approach
SN - 978-989-758-203-5
AU - Bona A.
AU - Lemnaru C.
AU - Potolea R.
PY - 2016
SP - 352
EP - 359
DO - 10.5220/0006069703520359