Johan Zuidema
List of John Benjamins publications in which Johan Zuidema is involved.
2017 The BasisSpellingBank: A spelling database with knowledge stored as a lexicon of triplets Orthographic Databases and Lexicons, Cahill, Lynne and Terry Joyce (eds.), pp. 52–79 | Article
The BasisSpellingBank is the first lexicon where the spellings and pronunciations of words are documented explicitly and separately for all relevant word parts. Unlike earlier descriptions of Dutch orthography in terms of rules and underlying forms, the BasisSpellingBank departs from the concept… read more
2016 SHOTGUN: converting words into triplets: A hybrid approach to grapheme-phoneme conversion in Dutch Written Language & Literacy 19:2, pp. 157–188 | Article
Software systems convert between graphemes and phonemes using lexicon-based, rule-based or data-driven techniques. SHOTGUN combines these techniques in a hybrid system which converts between graphemes and phonemes bi-directionally, adds linguistic and educational information about the… read more
2012 The 12321 model of Dutch spelling acquisition Linguistics in the Netherlands 2012, Elenbaas, Marion and Suzanne Aalberse (eds.), pp. 111–122 | Article
We propose that Dutch children acquire and use knowledge of Dutch spelling through a series of stages we call the 12321 model. At first, a single phase for the mapping of speech onto writing suffices, but in later stages of instruction, two or three mapping phases are needed. This is one aspect of… read more
1989 Dt-Duiveltje: Leren Achter De Schermen Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 35, pp. 89–102 | Article
Dutch verb spelling is a rather complicated system of rival orthographic pre-scriptions. The spelling of Dutch verbs not only depends on their pronuncia-tion, but also on syntax and semantics. Pupils are often incapable of learning the system, even after many hours of verb spelling instruction.… read more
1989 Vrue Taalprodukties En De Computer: Het Programma Prestige Computer-ondersteund talenonderwijs, pp. 33–39 | Article
In second language teaching a great deal of attention is paid to the learning of communicative skills. The computer program PRESTIGE (Productive and Receptive English, a Smart Tutor and Intelligent Generator of Exercises) subscribes to the views currently held in communicative language teaching.… read more