Dialect Resolution: A Hybrid Approach

Dialect Resolution is a regional variety of language, with differences in vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. It is recognized formal variant of the language spoken by a large group belonging to one region, class or profession. Dialect resolution is an approach to convert a dialect from an informal format to its formal format without losing its meaning. It is a localized approach through which a person can express idea in his own style and still be able to convert to a formal format. In this dialect resolution system, highly informal slang words are replaced by similar words in a given context. This paper presents a dialect resolution method that is a hybrid of Rule based and Machine learning approaches. This work concentrated on Thrissur dialect. Thrissur is a district of Kerala, which is well known for its distinguishable dialect variations.