Alle or Elle: Automatic Speech Recognition on Louisiana French

Author

Emily Chiu, The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkFollow

Date of Degree

6-2025

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Program

Linguistics

Advisor

Rivka Levitan

Subject Categories

Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics | Computational Linguistics | Linguistics

Keywords

Cajun French, Louisiana French, Automatic Speech Recognition, endangered language, ASR, bias

Abstract

Applications of automatic speech recognition largely serve the most commonly spoken languages, but can cause harm through bias when used for speakers of underrepresented language varieties who are not adequately supported. This experiment’s goal is to reveal how state-of-the-art end-to-end ASR systems perform with Louisiana French, a nonstandard variety of French that has suffered a history of state-sanctioned language oppression in Louisiana.

Recommended Citation

Chiu, Emily, "Alle or Elle: Automatic Speech Recognition on Louisiana French" (2025). CUNY Academic Works.
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