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LINGUIST List: Vol-34-1188. Wed Apr 12 2023. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

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Date: 12-Apr-2023
From: Zackary Leech [zleech at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Staff Letter: Zack 


My name is Zack and I am a new editor here at the linguist list.
Though my time has been brief thus far, I have learned an incredible
amount, aided by my great peers and coworkers. The service itself has
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studies from different subfields to contribute to the foundation of
linguistic knowledge that I am building for myself. Furthermore, to
see the deep interconnectedness of the linguistics field is deeply
exciting. In the words of Sandra Keubler, ”Linguistics is a social
science and a team sport.” The Linguist List embodies this at a global
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I am currently studying computational linguistics, which manipulates
the strength of a machine to evaluate language, on many different
levels, in order to create a more efficient process for the linguist,
as well as, to harvest the incredible amount of language data that
exists online. While my previous studies left me essentially digitally
illiterate, studying Spanish, French and Astronomy previously, I
quickly developed coding skills to assist my language research. I have
know delved into the worlds of machine learning, neural networks and
more tools that are available to those researching Natural Language
Processing. For example, one reason I use these tools is to increase
the prepare and make available corpora in Tok Pisin, so that it may be
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though those who make the decision to  travel to Papua New Guinea
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look forward to the day when I can resume trekking through the jungles
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It is all due to the Linguist List, and the financial support of the
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