Språkbanken and Språkbanken CLARIN

Our language permeates all aspects of human existence, and has a dual role when it comes to research, as it is both an indispensable research tool and simultaneously a study object in itself. Språkbanken reflects this dual role.

On the one hand, is is based on a foundation of language resources and technology, to support language technology, Swedish and general linguistics, phonetics, speech technology and other related disciplines that focus on the language in itself. On the other hand, the infrastructure supports all areas where language constitutes primary data, such as humanities and social sciences, cognitive science, psychology, interaction and communication, artificial intelligence, teaching and learning, and also medicine.

Språkbanken has four departments: Språkbanken Text focusing on text-based language technology; Språkbanken Speech at the Royal Institute of Technology KTH in Stockholm, focusing on speech technology and speech research; Språkbanken CLARIN which is coordinated by Uppsala University, and is a node in CLARIN (Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure) and Språkbanken Sam at the Institute of Language and Folklore, focusing on supporting research into societal language issues.