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Language-Preference-Based Re-ranking for Multilingual Swahili Information Retrieval

International Conference on the Theory of Information Retrieval, 2022
Approaches for merging results in multilingual information retrieval (MLIR) systems strive for topical relevance, regardless of whether they are heuristic or machine learning (ML)-based.
Joseph P. Telemala, Hussein Suleman
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SwahiliVQA: A Dataset for Visual Question Answering in Swahili Language

International Conference on Multimedia Analysis and Pattern Recognition
This paper introduces the first Swahili Visual Question Answering (SwahiliVQA) dataset, addressing the critical underrepresentation of African languages in vision-language research.

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The First Swahili Language Scene Text Detection and Recognition Dataset

IEEE International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition
Scene text recognition is essential in many applications, including automated translation, information retrieval, driving assistance, and enhancing accessibility for individuals with visual impairments. Much research has been done to improve the accuracy
Fadila Wendigoundi Douamba, Jianjun Song, Ling Fu, Yuliang Liu, Xiang Bai   +4 more
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Cultural echoes: linguistic insights into death and afterlife in the Swahili language

Cogent Arts & Humanities
This study explores the linguistic discourse of death and the afterlife among Swahili speakers. Using a cognitive linguistic lens, data were collected from eight funeral ceremonies and twelve YouTube videos to address two research questions: (1) What ...
J. Biseko
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Swahili riddles as cognitive tools: Metaphor and metonymy in language acqusition

Language in Africa
Metaphor and metonymy are central to human cognition and language use, yet the process through which individuals especially children acquire the ability to use these conceptual tools remains an important question.
Q. Awuor, D. Ngonyani
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Personality in Swahili culture: A psycho-lexical approach to trait structure in a language deprived of typical trait-descriptive adjectives.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
This study was an endeavor to map out a personality trait structure of the Swahili language that may be used to develop indigenous eastern African personality assessment instruments.
Harrun H. Garrashi, Boele de Raad, D. Barelds   +2 more
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The Swahili language and its early history

2017
Martin Walsh
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Swahili. Perceptions of gender in Swahili language and society

2003
1.Introduction 2.Noun classes in Swahili 2.1Swahili noun classification and agreement 2.2Animate nouns 2.3Coordination 2.4Personal nouns 3.Referring to women and men 3.1Lexical and covert gender
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Gender and number processing in second language Swahili

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 2017
Abstract For native speakers, congruent gender marking on determiners and adjectives facilitates recognition of subsequent nouns, while incongruent marking inhibits recognition (e.g., Bates et al., 1996). However, there is conflicting evidence regarding whether second language learners demonstrate
Patti Spinner, Rebecca Foote, Rose Acen Upor   +2 more
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Swahili advertising in Nairobi: innovation and language shift

Journal of African Cultural Studies, 2008
Advertisers are increasingly using urban slang and other non-standard forms of Swahili to reach out to a broader audience in the densely multilingual Nairobi. Influenced by social and linguistic shifts in the city, and keeping pace with trends in other societies, Nairobi advertisers are gradually transforming the advertising discourse as they seek to ...
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