Sequence-to-sequence pretraining for a less-resourced Slovenian language. [PDF]
IntroductionLarge pretrained language models have recently conquered the area of natural language processing. As an alternative to predominant masked language modeling introduced in BERT, the T5 model has introduced a more general training objective, namely sequence to sequence transformation, which more naturally fits text generation tasks.
Ulčar M, Robnik-Šikonja M.
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Slovenian legal language from the standpoint of a Slovenian language expert
The paper draws attention to the current issues of legal language use within oneʼs own language, in this case Slovenian. We use specific cases to point out the additional semantic stress on legal terminology, word-formational variations and their (non ...
Andreja Žele
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Language Management Strategies in Austrian and Slovenian SMES [PDF]
According to the ELAN study and a substantial body of previous research, a significant amount of business is being lost in the eu due to a lack of language skills.
Igor Rižnar, Robert Rybnicek
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User experience questionnaire in sign language for native users of Slovenian sign language. [PDF]
Accessibility of interactive services is vital for building an inclusive society. While accessibility standards are increasingly being adopted, there remains a gap in user experience evaluation approaches tailored to deaf participants. To address this, the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) was translated to Slovenian Sign Language (SSL) and its ...
Pečnik K +3 more
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Historical Slovenian Language Resources
EXTENDED ABSTRACT: The paper presents three language resources enabling better full-text access to digitised printed historical Slovenian texts: a hand-annotated corpus, a hand-annotated lexicon of historical words and a collection of transcribed texts.
Tomaž Erjavec
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Presenting and Linking Grammatical Data on the Franček Educational Language Portal
This article presents how grammatical data are treated and presented in the first specialized lexicographic and grammatical learning e-tool for Slovenian, the Franček portal, and how these data are linked across the portal’s dictionary, advisory, and ...
Nina Ledinek +2 more
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Multi-word Lexical Units in General Monolingual Explanatory Dictionaries of Slavic languages
In the article, the typology and the macro- and microstructure positioning of multi- word lexical units in general monolingual explanatory dictionaries of five Slavic languages (Slovenian, Croatian, Slovak, Polish and Russian) are analysed.
Andrej Perdih, Nina Ledinek
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Spoon, Knife and Fork across Slovenian Dialects
The article presents Slovenian dialect names for cutlery used in eating or preparing food – spoon, knife and fork, from a geolinguistic, word-formational as well as etymological and semantic-motivational perspective. The ethnological framework serves in
Januška Gostenčnik, Mojca Kumin Horvat
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Word Borrowing in Slovene Dialects in the Semantic Fields ‘Human Body’, ‘Relatives’ and ‘Friends’ [PDF]
This paper examines the proportion between borrowed and non-borrowed words in Slovene dialects. The vocabulary is presented through linguistic geography, while lexical maps of Slovene dialect vocabulary from the semantic fields of 1) ‘human body’, 2 ...
Tjaša Jakop
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Corpus Linguistics and Lexical Descriptions of the Slovenian Language
In the last decade, corpus linguistics has finally established itself as a separate research starting point, strictly empirical in nature; in the last few years its status of a separate research starting point has emerged in Slovenia as well. Corpora are,
Vojko GORJANC
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