Dr Laura Arman
Research Associate, WISERD
- Welsh speaking
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Laura’s research is centered on the linguistics of minoritized languages, with special focus on Welsh.
Currently a Research Associate on WISERD Education's Multicohort Study, her research focus is on the Welsh language within education.
Publication
2024
- Williams, L., Anthi, E., Arman, L. and Burnap, P. 2024. Topic modelling: Going beyond token outputs. Big Data and Cognitive Computing 8(5), article number: 44. (10.3390/bdcc8050044)
2021
- Knight, D., Morris, S., Arman, L., Needs, J. and Rees, M. 2021. Building a national corpus: a Welsh language case study. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Corcoran, P., Palmer, G., Arman, L., Knight, D. and Spasic, I. 2021. Creating Welsh language word embeddings. Applied Sciences 11(15), article number: 6896. (10.3390/app11156896)
- Palmer, G., Corcoran, P., Arman, L., Knight, D. and Spasic, I. 2021. A closer look at Welsh word embeddings. In: Prys, D. ed. Language and Technology in Wales: Volume 1. Bangor: Bangor University, pp. 21-29.
- Muralidaran, V., Palmer, G., Arman, L., O'Hare, K., Knight, D. and Spasic, I. 2021. A practical implementation of a porter stemmer for Welsh. In: Prys, D. ed. Language and Technology in Wales: Volume 1. Bangor: Bangor University, pp. 30-43.
2020
- Cooper, S. and Arman, L. 2020. Cyflwyniad i ieithyddiaeth. Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.
- Arman, L. and Nurmio, S. 2020. Strwythur geiriau: geirfa a morffoleg. In: Cooper, S. and Arman, L. eds. Cyflwyniad i Ieithyddiaeth. Caerfyrddin: Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, pp. 67-(1.
- Nurmio, S. and Arman, L. 2020. Ystyr. In: Cooper, S. and Arman, L. eds. Cyflwyniad i Ieithyddiaeth. Caerfyrddin: Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, pp. 113-124.
Articles
- Williams, L., Anthi, E., Arman, L. and Burnap, P. 2024. Topic modelling: Going beyond token outputs. Big Data and Cognitive Computing 8(5), article number: 44. (10.3390/bdcc8050044)
- Corcoran, P., Palmer, G., Arman, L., Knight, D. and Spasic, I. 2021. Creating Welsh language word embeddings. Applied Sciences 11(15), article number: 6896. (10.3390/app11156896)
Book sections
- Palmer, G., Corcoran, P., Arman, L., Knight, D. and Spasic, I. 2021. A closer look at Welsh word embeddings. In: Prys, D. ed. Language and Technology in Wales: Volume 1. Bangor: Bangor University, pp. 21-29.
- Muralidaran, V., Palmer, G., Arman, L., O'Hare, K., Knight, D. and Spasic, I. 2021. A practical implementation of a porter stemmer for Welsh. In: Prys, D. ed. Language and Technology in Wales: Volume 1. Bangor: Bangor University, pp. 30-43.
- Arman, L. and Nurmio, S. 2020. Strwythur geiriau: geirfa a morffoleg. In: Cooper, S. and Arman, L. eds. Cyflwyniad i Ieithyddiaeth. Caerfyrddin: Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, pp. 67-(1.
- Nurmio, S. and Arman, L. 2020. Ystyr. In: Cooper, S. and Arman, L. eds. Cyflwyniad i Ieithyddiaeth. Caerfyrddin: Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, pp. 113-124.
Books
- Knight, D., Morris, S., Arman, L., Needs, J. and Rees, M. 2021. Building a national corpus: a Welsh language case study. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Cooper, S. and Arman, L. 2020. Cyflwyniad i ieithyddiaeth. Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.
Biography
Laura’s research is centered on the linguistics of minoritized languages, with special focus on her native language of Welsh.
During the course of her research in Linguistics, Laura has also contributed to research projects on the dialectal morphosyntax of Romani and Kurdish whilst at the University of Manchester where she completed her PhD on aspects of Welsh syntax and semantics in 2015.
Since returning to Wales, Laura has worked on pedagogical provisions in Welsh Linguistics at Bangor University in the form of an edited volume, Cyflwyniad i ieithyddiaeth, and on resource creation for Welsh language research as part of CorCenCC, the National Corpus of Contemporary Welsh, at Cardiff University, in between various teaching positions in both English and Welsh.
Currently a Research Associate on WISERD Education's Multicohort Study, her research focus is on the Welsh language within education.