Extension of Semantic Based Urdu Linguistic Resources Using Natural Language Processing

Khalid, Komal; Afzal, Hammad; Moqaddas, Faiza; Iltaf, Naima; Sheri, Ahmed Muqeem; Nawaz, Raheel

doi:10.1109/dasc-picom-datacom-cyberscitec.2017.214

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“…The generalizability of the existing bullying scales in countries like Pakistan, where English is not the first language must also be considered, because some words convey different meanings in different cultures. Sometimes, it is also hard to find suitable substitute for a particular English word while translating the statements, which may change its meaning, especially when using technical terms in a specific context [29][30][31]. Language barriers could also influence the accurate assessment of workplace bullying.…”

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Measuring the Scale and Scope of Workplace Bullying: An Alternative Workplace Bullying Scale

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The toll of workplace bullying is immense, yet, similarly as with an iceberg, its scope, scale and implications tend to remain underestimated. Several ways of assessing the prevalence of workplace bullying have been proposed in the literature. The most frequently discussed are the ‘subjective method’ assessing individuals’ perceptions of being a victim and the questionnaire, i.e., criterion-based, methods, including Negative Acts Questionnaire (NAQ) and Leymann Inventory of Psychological Terror (LIPT). Since in both cases culture plays a profound role as a mediating factor in the process of identifying, collecting, and processing data, the applicability of these methods across cultures and countries has several limitations. At this stage, it is impossible to determine the impact of the implicit cultural-bias that these methods entail on the research outcomes. This would be possible if an alternative workplace bullying scale (WBS) was at hand and, consequently, a comparative analysis was conducted. This paper, drawing from a study conducted at higher education institutions (HEI) across Pakistan, addresses this issue by devising an alternative WBS. The value added of this paper is three-fold, i.e., it elaborates on the study and the specific methods employed to prove the validity and relevance of the alternative WBS. Moreover, by so doing, it addresses some of the limitations that other methods measuring the prevalence of workplace bullying display. As a result, it adds to the researchers’ and administrators’ toolkit as regards research and policies aimed at mitigating the scope and scale of bullying at HEIs across cultures and countries.

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“…Language barriers can also challenge the generalizability of the existing SAD scales in countries like Pakistan, where English is not the first language. Sometimes, the meaning of a particular English word might change while finding a suitable substitute in translating the statements [17][18][19]. For the above-mentioned reasons, theoretical and practical benefits are likely to be derived not only from a new instrument encompassing the previous ones, but also from the validity added by a sample of indigenous participants.…”

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Measuring the Scale and Scope of Social Anxiety among Students in Pakistani Higher Education Institutions: An Alternative Social Anxiety Scale

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Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is neither just shyness, nor for most victims does it merely involve an inability to speak in public. For most sufferers of this disorder, it could be a pervasive, disabling condition that steals away opportunities for a richer, fuller life. Having an early onset and combining high prevalence rates with serious negative effects on functioning and quality of life, SAD is a public health problem of considerable magnitude. Hence, its assessment using a standardized measure and timely intervention can completely preempt or at least lessen the severity of this psychiatric illness. So far SAD among students in higher education institutions is a less investigated area of study in Pakistan. Students generally avoid reporting difficulties they experience while making interactions with people and quietly try to combat with their fears in social settings. Proper and timely diagnosis and treatment of SAD are required, and for this purpose, the need of the hour is to create a culturally oriented measuring instrument for proper surveillance of the student population in Pakistan. This paper, drawing from a study conducted at Higher Education Institutions (HEI) across Pakistan, addresses this issue by devising an indigenous, comprehensive, well-founded and valid scale of social anxiety in the Urdu language. The use of this scale, both in general and patient care settings, would effectively screen individuals who could be at risk of being victimized by this disorder. This alternative Social Anxiety Scale (SAS) carefully evaluates social behaviors and attitudes while also ensuring that cultural perspectives are considered, which would also encourage clinicians to evaluate SAD in Pakistani population.

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“…Khalid et al [15], presented identifying the multi-word Urdu from a number of corpora. The improvement of this scheme C-value method and NLP is utilized along with Urdu WordNet.…”

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In the present state of digital world, computer machine do not understand the human’s ordinary language. This is the great barrier between humans and digital systems. Hence, researchers found an advanced technology that provides information to the users from the digital machine. However, natural language processing (i.e. NLP) is a branch of AI that has significant implication on the ways that computer machine and humans can interact. NLP has become an essential technology in bridging the communication gap between humans and digital data. Thus, this study provides the necessity of the NLP in the current computing world along with different approaches and their applications. It also, highlights the key challenges in the development of new NLP model.

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Extension of Semantic Based Urdu Linguistic Resources Using Natural Language Processing

Cited by 10 publications

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Measuring the Scale and Scope of Workplace Bullying: An Alternative Workplace Bullying Scale

Measuring the Scale and Scope of Workplace Bullying: An Alternative Workplace Bullying Scale

Measuring the Scale and Scope of Social Anxiety among Students in Pakistani Higher Education Institutions: An Alternative Social Anxiety Scale

A prior case study of natural language processing on different domain

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