意大利的语言变体：技术挑战与机遇
Language Varieties of Italy: Technology Challenges and Opportunities
AI总结：
本文挑战了NLP在处理意大利濒危语言变体时默认的以机器为中心的假设，倡导转向以说话者为中心的范式，并提议建立本地社区以支持意大利语言和方言的活力。
摘要：
意大利以其在欧洲独一无二的语⾔多样性景观为特征，这种多样性隐含地编码了其使用者的地方知识、文化传统、艺术表达和历史。然而，意大利的大多数地方语言和方言面临在几代人内消失的风险。NLP社区最近开始关注濒危语言，包括意大利的语言。然而，大多数努力假设这些变体是资源匮乏的语言单体，具有既定的书面形式和同质化的功能与需求，因此彼此之间以及与高资源、标准化的语言之间具有高度可互换性。在本文中，我们介绍了意大利的语⾔语境，并挑战了NLP在处理意大利语言变体时默认的以机器为中心的假设。我们倡导将范式从以机器为中心转向以说话者为中心的NLP，并提供建议和机遇，以优先考虑语言及其使用者而非技术进步。为促进这一过程，我们最终提议建立一个本地社区，开展负责任、参与性的努力，旨在支持意大利语言和方言的活力。
英文摘要：
Italy is characterized by a one-of-a-kind linguistic diversity landscape in Europe, which implicitly encodes local knowledge, cultural traditions, artistic expressions and history of its speakers. However, most local languages and dialects in Italy are at risk of disappearing within few generations. The NLP community has recently begun to engage with endangered languages, including those of Italy. Yet, most efforts assume that these varieties are under-resourced language monoliths with an established written form and homogeneous functions and needs, and thus highly interchangeable with each other and with high-resource, standardized languages. In this paper, we introduce the linguistic context of Italy and challenge the default machine-centric assumptions of NLP for Italy's language varieties. We advocate for a shift in the paradigm from machine-centric to speaker-centric NLP, and provide recommendations and opportunities for work that prioritizes languages and their speakers over technological advances. To facilitate the process, we finally propose building a local community towards responsible, participatory efforts aimed at supporting vitality of languages and dialects of Italy.
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