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Supporting e-Learning with Language Technology for Portuguese

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Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language (PROPOR 2008)

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In this paper we report on the development and adaptation of language technology tools for Portuguese aimed at supporting e-Learning via the extension of a Learning Management System with new functionalities. We also describe how these tools were integrated into this Learning Management System and present results of both their intrinsic and extrinsic evaluation.

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António Teixeira Vera Lúcia Strube de Lima Luís Caldas de Oliveira Paulo Quaresma

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Avelãs, M., Branco, A., Del Gaudio, R., Martins, P. (2008). Supporting e-Learning with Language Technology for Portuguese. In: Teixeira, A., de Lima, V.L.S., de Oliveira, L.C., Quaresma, P. (eds) Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language. PROPOR 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5190. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85980-2_20

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