arXiv:2503.03186cs.CL2025-03被引 6

为澳洲原住民英语设计语音技术,兼顾文化安全与社区参与。

Designing Speech Technologies for Australian Aboriginal English: Opportunities, Risks and Participation

  • 通过真实项目探索原住民英语语音技术设计方法
  • 强调社区深度参与可降低技术应用风险
  • 呼吁支持原住民语言的科技发展与文化尊重

在澳大利亚,接触后产生的语言变体(包括克里奥尔语和国际语言的地方变体)是原住民群体与英语使用者强制接触的结果。这些接触变体被广泛使用,但语音技术对其支持不足,阻碍了原住民群体在社会与经济领域的参与,加剧了当代原住民语言身份的边缘化。本文探讨三个问题:第一,语音技术能否支持澳洲原住民英语这一本土化的英语变体?第二,此类项目存在哪些固有风险?第三,应采取何种技术开发实践,并如何实现有意义的社区参与以缓解风险?本文论证了机遇与风险并存,并通过一个真实项目的案例研究展示了设计实践。研究强调在整个项目中融入文化适宜性和参与式流程的重要性。呼吁加强对原住民群体使用的语言(包括接触变体)的技术支持,若能落实参与式与文化安全实践,将带来实际的经济与社会文化效益。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

In Australia, post-contact language varieties, including creoles and local varieties of international languages, emerged as a result of forced contact between Indigenous communities and English speakers. These contact varieties are widely used, yet are poorly supported by language technologies. This gap presents barriers to participation in civil and economic society for Indigenous communities using these varieties, and reproduces minoritisation of contemporary Indigenous sociolinguistic identities. This paper concerns three questions regarding this context. First, can speech technologies support speakers of Australian Aboriginal English, a local indigenised variety of English? Second, what risks are inherent in such a project? Third, what technology development practices are appropriate for this context, and how can researchers integrate meaningful community participation in order to mitigate risks? We argue that opportunities do exist -- as well as risks -- and demonstrate this through a case study exploring design practices in a real-world project aiming to improve speech technologies for Australian Aboriginal English. We discuss how we integrated culturally appropriate and participatory processes throughout the project. We call for increased support for languages used by Indigenous communities, including contact varieties, which provide practical economic and socio-cultural benefits, provided that participatory and culturally safe practices are enacted.

语音技术原住民语言社区参与文化安全

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