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Computational Linguistics
Low-density language strategies for Persian and Armenian
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In
Language Engineering for Lesser-Studied Languages
, Sergei Nirenburg (ed). IOS Press of Amsterdam. February 2009.
Low-density language bootstrapping: The case of Tajiki Persian
(with Dan Parvaz)
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abstract
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pdf
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In Proceedings of
LREC 2008
(Language Resources and Evaluation Conference). Marrakech, Morocco, May 2008.
The structure of Persian names
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abstract
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MITRE Technical Report (MP080034), Washington DC. February 2008.
Extending a Persian morphological analyzer to blogs.
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slides
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In
Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Persian Language and Computers
. Tehran University, Iran. June 28-30, 2006.
Finite-state morphological analysis of Persian
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abstract
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pdf
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In
Proceedings of the Workshop on Computational Approaches to Arabic Script-based Languages
. Coling 2004, University of Geneva. August 28, 2004.
Developing a Persian part-of-speech tagger
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slides
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pdf
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In
Proceedings of First Workshop on Persian Language and Computers
. Invited talk. Tehran University, Iran. May 25-26, 2004.
A semantic template for light verb constructions
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slides
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pdf
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In
Proceedings of First Workshop on Persian Language and Computers
. Invited talk. Tehran University, Iran. May 25-26, 2004.
Text Mining, Corpus Building and Testing.
[pdf]
In
A Handbook for Language Engineers
, edited by Ali Farghaly. CSLI Publications, Stanford, CA. 2003.
Developing a Persian text mining system.
Ms., Inxight Software, Sunnyvale. 2003.
Unification-Based Persian Morphology
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abstract
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In
Proceedings of CICLing 2000
. Alexander Gelbukh, ed. Centro de Investigacion en Computacion-IPN, Mexico.
Rapid Development of Translation Tools: Applications to Persian and Turkish
(with Jan W. Amtrup and Rémi Zajac) [
abstract
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ps
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In
Proceedings of COLING 2000
, Saarbrucken, Germany.
Persian-English Machine Translation: An Overview of the Shiraz Project
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abstract
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(with Jan W. Amtrup, Hamid Mansouri Rad, and Rémi Zajac)
NMSU, CRL, Memoranda in Computer and Cognitive Science (MCCS-00-319); 2000.
Persian Computational Morphology: A Unification-Based Approach
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NMSU, CRL, Memoranda in Computer and Cognitive Science (MCCS-00-320); 2000.
A Computational Analysis of the Persian Noun Phrase
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abstract
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NMSU, CRL, Memoranda in Computer and Cognitive Science (MCCS-00-321); 2000.
Processing Persian Text: Tokenization in the Shiraz Project
(with Remi Zajac) [
abstract
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NMSU, CRL, Memoranda in Computer and Cognitive Science (MCCS-00-322); 2000.
Rapid Development of Translation Tools
(with Jan W. Amtrup and Rémi Zajac) [
abstract
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pdf
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In
Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit VII
, Singapore. September 1999.
Theoretical Linguistics
Telicity in Persian complex predicates
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pdf
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Snippets, Issue 19, July 2009.
The status of the nominal in Persian complex predicates
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abstract
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pre-print (pdf)
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submitted to
NLLT
. Accepted.
Parallel nominal and verbal projections
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abstract
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In
Foundational Issues in Linguistic Theory: Essays in Honor of Jean-Roger Vergnaud
, Robert Freidin, Carlos P. Otero and Maria Luisa Zubizarreta (eds.); MIT Press, May 2008.
Transitivity alternation verbs and causative constructions in Eastern Armenian
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pdf
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In
Armenian Annual of Linguistics
21. 2005.
Beyond Words and Phrases: A Unified Theory of Predicate Composition
Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California. 2002. Order from
Amazon
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Event Structure and Complex Predicates in Persian
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abstract
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In
Canadian Journal of Linguistics
46 (1/2): 97-125. Special issue on the Syntax of Iranian languages. 2001.
Aspect and Partitive Objects in Finnish
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abstract
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In
Proceedings of WCCFL 2000
, Cascadilla Press.
Against Optional
Wh
-Movement
(with Shadi Ganjavi) [
pdf
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In
Proceedings of WECOL 2000
, Volume 12.
Projection of Direct Objects
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abstract
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In
Proceedings of WECOL 1999
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Asymmetries in Form and Meaning: Surface Realization and Interface Conditions
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Unpublished manuscript
Aspect in complex predicates
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abstract
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Unpublished manuscript
Proceedings
Proceedings of the Workshop on Computational Approaches to Arabic Script-Based Languages (CAASL)
CAASL1, held in University of Geneva, COLING 2004, August 28.
CAASL2, held at the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute, Stanford University, July 2007.
CAASL3, held at Machine Translation Summi XII, Ottawa, Canada, August 26, 2009.
Proceedings available at
CAASL website
Proceedings of the
20th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics
(with Leora Ann Bar-el).
Held in University of Southern California, Cascadilla Press, 2001.
