Language Resources and Evaluation

, Volume 48, Issue 1, pp 1–3 | Cite as

Introduction to the special issue on Resources and Tools for Language Learners

  • Serge Sharoff
  • Stefania Spina
  • Sofie Johansson Kokkinakis
SI: Resources for language learning
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Keywords

Foreign Language Natural Language Processing Language Learner Language Resource Parallel Corpus 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Serge Sharoff
    • 1
  • Stefania Spina
    • 2
  • Sofie Johansson Kokkinakis
    • 3
  1. 1.Centre for Translation StudiesUniversity of LeedsLeedsUK
  2. 2.Dipartimento di scienze umane e socialiUniversità per Stranieri di PerugiaPerugiaItaly
  3. 3.Department of SwedishUniversity of GothenburgGöteborgSweden

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