Bidirectional Language Analysis for Syntactic Simplification of Portuguese Texts Aiming at Digital Accessibility Improvement

• Grant number: 08/08963-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: April 01, 2009
• End date: September 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computing Methodologies and Techniques
• Principal Investigator: Sandra Maria Aluísio
• Grantee: Arnaldo Candido Junior
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research is focused on the areas of Syntactic and Semantic Analysis of the Language, and Textual Simplification. The proposed model forLanguage Analysis is trained on a large corpus, and applied to a model for Syntactic Simplification that aims to improve digital accessibility for low literacy users.

Scientific publications

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DAYRELL, CARMEN; CANDIDO, ARNALDO, JR.; LIMA, GABRIEL; MACHADO, DANILO, JR.; COPESTAKE, ANN; FELTRIM, VALERIA D.; TAGNIN, STELLA; ALUISIO, SANDRA; CALZOLARI, N; CHOUKRI, K; et al. Rhetorical Move Detection in English Abstracts: Multi-label Sentence Classifiers and their Annotated Corpora. LREC 2012 - EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE RESOURCES AND EVALUATION, v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2012-01-01. (08/08963-4)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CANDIDO JUNIOR, Arnaldo. Biderectional language analysis in syntactic simplification of portuguese texts focused on digital accessibility. 2013. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB) São Carlos.