The SWOW-SL project

We describe the construction of the first comprehensive collection of free word association data for Slovene. SWOW-SL was created as part of the multilingual Small World of Words project, thus relying on its methodology and data collection platform. Here we first present the cue selection process an...

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Main Authors: Špela Vintar, Mojca Brglez, Ela Novak, Simon De Deyne
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Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2025-05-01
Series:Slovenščina 2.0: Empirične, aplikativne in interdisciplinarne raziskave
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/slovenscina2/article/view/21286
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description We describe the construction of the first comprehensive collection of free word association data for Slovene. SWOW-SL was created as part of the multilingual Small World of Words project, thus relying on its methodology and data collection platform. Here we first present the cue selection process and the adaptation of the experiment for Slovene, and then the data collection campaign within which the participants were mobilized via social media and through physical advertising consisting of posters and stickers. An analysis of various campaign strategies is provided, giving valuable insight for future crowdsourcing projects. The result is the first association data set for Slovene comprising 1,000 cue words and a total of 20,000 responses. The data set is released on the Clarin.si repository and opens up a range of new possibilities for research in cognitive linguistics, natural language processing and related fields.
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spelling doaj-art-77b0269519cd42f996e5e35bb3dcfae22025-08-20T03:50:31ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Slovenščina 2.0: Empirične, aplikativne in interdisciplinarne raziskave2335-27362025-05-0113110.4312/slo2.0.2025.1.104-119The SWOW-SL projectŠpela Vintar0Mojca Brglez1Ela NovakSimon De Deyne2University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, SloveniaUniversity of Melbourne, AustraliaWe describe the construction of the first comprehensive collection of free word association data for Slovene. SWOW-SL was created as part of the multilingual Small World of Words project, thus relying on its methodology and data collection platform. Here we first present the cue selection process and the adaptation of the experiment for Slovene, and then the data collection campaign within which the participants were mobilized via social media and through physical advertising consisting of posters and stickers. An analysis of various campaign strategies is provided, giving valuable insight for future crowdsourcing projects. The result is the first association data set for Slovene comprising 1,000 cue words and a total of 20,000 responses. The data set is released on the Clarin.si repository and opens up a range of new possibilities for research in cognitive linguistics, natural language processing and related fields. https://journals.uni-lj.si/slovenscina2/article/view/21286free associationsSWOWSmall World of Wordscrowdsourcing campaign
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Mojca Brglez
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Slovenščina 2.0: Empirične, aplikativne in interdisciplinarne raziskave
free associations
SWOW
Small World of Words
crowdsourcing campaign
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SWOW
Small World of Words
crowdsourcing campaign
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