LuxBank: The First Universal Dependency Treebank for Luxembourgish

PLUM, Alistair; DÖHMER, Caroline; MILANO, Emilia; LUTGEN, Anne-Marie; PURSCHKE, Christoph

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LuxBank: The First Universal Dependency Treebank for Luxembourgish

PLUM, Alistair; DÖHMER, Caroline; MILANO, Emilia et al.

2024 • In Proceedings of the 22nd Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories (TLT 2024)

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Computer Science - Computation and Language; CuCo Lab

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[en] The Universal Dependencies (UD) project has significantly expanded linguistic coverage across 161 languages, yet Luxembourgish, a West Germanic language spoken by approximately 400,000 people, has remained absent until now. In this paper, we introduce LuxBank, the first UD Treebank for Luxembourgish, addressing the gap in syntactic annotation and analysis for this `low-research' language. We establish formal guidelines for Luxembourgish language annotation, providing the foundation for the first large-scale quantitative analysis of its syntax. LuxBank serves not only as a resource for linguists and language learners but also as a tool for developing spell checkers and grammar checkers, organising existing text archives and even training large language models. By incorporating Luxembourgish into the UD framework, we aim to enhance the understanding of syntactic variation within West Germanic languages and offer a model for documenting smaller, semi-standardised languages. This work positions Luxembourgish as a valuable resource in the broader linguistic and NLP communities, contributing to the study of languages with limited research and resources.

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Languages & linguistics
Computer science

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PLUM, Alistair ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Humanities (DHUM) > Luxembourg Studies

DÖHMER, Caroline ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Humanities (DHUM) > Luxembourg Studies

MILANO, Emilia ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Humanities (DHUM) > Luxembourg Studies

LUTGEN, Anne-Marie ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Humanities (DHUM) > Luxembourg Studies

PURSCHKE, Christoph ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Humanities (DHUM) > Luxembourg Studies

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LuxBank: The First Universal Dependency Treebank for Luxembourgish

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2024

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22nd Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories (TLT)

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2024

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International

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Proceedings of the 22nd Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories (TLT 2024)

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Association for Computational Linguistics

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Peer reviewed

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https://github.com/UniversalDependencies/UD_Luxembourgish-LuxBank/tree/master

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Accepted at 22nd Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories (TLT 2024)

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