The project "Research on Modern Latvian Language and Development of Language Technology” is implemented within the framework of the National Research Programme "Letonika – Fostering a Latvian and European Society".
Project No: VPP-LETONIKA-2021/1-0006
Project Manager: Ilze Auziņa
Duration of the project: 20.12.2021.–19.12.2024.
Project funding: 1 068 000 EUR
Funded by: Latvian Council of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science
Project partners: Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Latvia (leading partner), University of Latvia (Latvian Language Institute of the University of Latvia and Faculty of Humanities of the University of Latvia), Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia, Liepāja University
Contacts: late@lumii.lv
Homepage: http://www.digitalhumanities.lv/projects/vpp-late
Summary
The aim of the project is to advance research on the grammatical, lexical-semantic, phonetic and phonological system of the modern Latvian language, and Latvian sign language using data-driven methods, as well as to develop sustainable Latvian language resources and tools. In order to achieve the goal, the Latvian speech corpus, the pilot corpus of Latvian sign language will be developed, and Tezaurs.lv and “Dictionary of Contemporary Latvian” will be improved. Based on Latvian grammar studies, “Latvian Treebank” will be enhanced. These resources will be integrated into a single Latvian language research infrastructure, as well into the CLARIN-LV repository. During the project, a LATE platform for speech transcription and subtitling will be created.
