Browsing by Author "Khan, Naira"

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    • Developing a computational grammar for Bengali using the HPSG formalism 

      Khan, Naira; Khan, Mumit (BRAC University, 2006)
      This paper describes the first phase of developing a computational grammar for Bengali using the Head- Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) formalism. The HPSG formalism is a highly developed framework that combines ...

    • History (Forward N-Gram) or future (Backward N-Gram)? Which model to consider for N-Gram analysis in Bangla? 

      Khan, Naira; Habib, Md. Tarek; Alam, Md. Jahangir; Rahman, Rajib; UzZaman, Naushad; Khan, Mumit (BRAC University, 2006)
      This paper presents a directional advantage of n-gram modeling in terms of backward or forward n-gram modeling in Bangla. The most commonly used n-gram analysis is predominantly a forward n-gram. However in Bangla it appears ...

    • Morphological analysis of inflecting compound words in Bangla 

      Dasgupta, Sajib; Khan, Naira; Sarkar, Asif Iqbal; Pavel, Dewan Shahriar Hossain; Khan, Mumit (BRAC University, 2005)
      The addition of inflectional suffixes in Bangla com-pound words is fairly complex. A compound is a word that is formed by two or more different words acting as a single entity. One of the key distinguishing features of ...

    • Sexism in language 

      Ahmad, Naufela Nafisa; Khan, Naira (BRAC University, 2010)
      This paper aims to examine the various forms of sexism that exist within languages. Over the years sexism has been weaved into the language system so subtly that people end up submitting to sexist views without even realizing ...

    • Sexism in language 

      Ahmed, Naufela Nafisa (BRAC University, 2009-04)
      This thesis aims at upholding the various forms of sexism that exist within languages. Over the years sexism has been weaved into the language system so subtly that people end up submitting to the sexist views without even ...