Use of new on-line Cree dictionary (https://itwewina.dev/) in language instruction. 

Manisha Khetarpal (Maskwacis Cultural College)

Location: online

Region(s): North, West Central, East Central, Central, South, Edmonton (ECALA funded), Calgary (Calgary Learns funded)

April 14th, 10-10:30 am

Presentation about new online Cree dictionary (https://itwewina.dev/). 

While the primary topic would be the online Cree dictionary, this presentation will also include some observations about using that resource as part on online language instruction.

Session Description: Arppe will be presenting on recent developments in creating online resources for Cree which make use of language technology to best deal with the complex word structure of the language. These resources include a new version of an online Cree dictionary as well as on online collection of Cree texts. The final form of these applications will evolve based on feedback from language instructors,learners and other users in the linguistic community, such as in Maskwacîs.

Instructor: Antti Arppe is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Alberta. He has been working on the development of language technological tools and applications for sustaining and revitalizing Indigenous languages together with respective communities in Canada,e.g. for Cree together with Maskwacîs Education and Schools Commission.Before his academic career, he worked for Lingsoft, a small language technology company in Finland, managing the development of spell-checkers, grammar-checkers and electronic dictionaries for the majority languages in the Nordic countries in Europe.

Antti Arppe - Ph.D (General Linguistics), M.Sc. (Engineering)
Assistant Professor of Quantitative Linguistics
Director, Alberta Language Technology Lab (ALTLab)
Chair, Canadian Initiative for Nordic Studies (CINS)
Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta

Registration link:  https://forms.gle/4ZWmrxQLntMN5eDZ8

For more information contact  Manisha Khetarpal  mkhetarpal@mccedu.ca