Using the isiZulu GF Resource Grammar for morphological annotation

Authors

  • Laurette Marais Council for Scientific and Industrial Research image/svg+xml
  • Laurette Pretorius

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55492/v6i02.6741

Keywords:

morphological annotation, Grammatical Framework, resource grammar, Bantu languages

Abstract

The isiZulu GF Resource Grammar (ZRG) enables syntactic parsing using the GF runtime system. In order to perform this task, the ZRG implicitly encodes rich morphosyntactic information about isiZulu. In this paper we show how such information can be made explicit by adapting the way the grammar linearises GF abstract syntax trees. The result is annotated text, which can be utilised in various ways for supporting natural language processing of an under-resourced, morphologically complex language like isiZulu.

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Published

2025-12-31

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2025): RAIL

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 2025 Laurette Marais, Laurette Pretorius

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How to Cite

Using the isiZulu GF Resource Grammar for morphological annotation. (2025). Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA), 6(2). https://doi.org/10.55492/v6i02.6741