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SEEU Review vol. 5 Nr. 2 (pdf) - South East European University

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<strong>SEEU</strong> <strong>Review</strong> Volume 5, No. 2, 2009<br />

The theory of sonority although correctly doing the sharing of words into<br />

syllables, in most cases cannot be generalised again because there are<br />

identified cases where the syllable boundaries are selected in the wrong way.<br />

Such is the case with the word song, which in the correct division kë-ngë , is<br />

divided into kën-gë.<br />

Finally, we can say that none of the three theories examined for syllables<br />

and their boundaries can be applied in a universal way to solve the problem<br />

of syllables in the Albanian language.<br />

III. The possibility of in<strong>vol</strong>vement of the computer in the<br />

identification of syllables<br />

Based on the theoretical knowledge of the syllables in the Albanian<br />

language and explanations of linguists about word division into syllables, it<br />

is reasonable to examine the possibility of in<strong>vol</strong>vement of computers in<br />

solving the problem in the context of finding a sustainable and universal<br />

solution for identification of the syllables and the division of words into<br />

syllables.<br />

III. 1. Difficulties over texts processing written in the Albanian<br />

language<br />

To examine this possibility, firstly the adequacy of the Albanian language<br />

should be analyzed, especially the Albanian alphabet for processing by<br />

computer because currently, most existing programs for text processing are<br />

dedicated to the English language and Latin alphabet. In this case, there is an<br />

important inclusion in the Albanian language of two diacritical letters “Ç ç”<br />

and “Ë ë” that do not belong in the Latin alphabet.<br />

These two letters are problematic for the usage of computers in writing<br />

them and for performing analysis on texts in the Albanian language. For this<br />

reason, because the standard keyboards contain only the 26 Latin characters,<br />

a compromise is found by using one of the following options: keyboard<br />

configuration, installation of fonts for text processors, or using codes for the<br />

generation of these two symbols.<br />

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