Edward Garrett

Edward Garrett is a Research Fellow at SOAS University of London, affiliated with the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. His work primarily focuses on Tibetan linguistics, computational linguistics, and natural language processing (NLP) for under-resourced languages.

• Role: Research Fellow
• Institution: SOAS University of London
• School: School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

Garrett specializes in Tibetan linguistics, with a particular emphasis on corpus development, part-of-speech tagging, and lexicography. His research explores:

• Building gold standard training data for Tibetan NLP
• Developing constraint grammar tools for Tibetan language processing
• Creating visual dictionaries for Tibetan verb valency
• Analyzing constituent order in Tibetan noun phrases
• Promoting modern lexicography through corpus linguistics
• Documenting endangered languages and cultures

His publications highlight a sustained collaboration with Dr. Nathan W. Hill and other researchers on Tibetan language technology projects. Garrett's work has been supported by the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council. While no formal awards are mentioned in the provided texts, his contributions to Tibetan linguistics and NLP demonstrate significant scholarly impact.