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This paper describes the process of adapting the Stanford Coreference resolution module to the Basque language, taking into account the characteristics of the language. The module has been integrated in a linguistic analysis pipeline obtaining an end-to-end coreference resolution system for the Basque language. The adaptation process explained can benefit and facilitate other languages with similar characteristics in the implementation of their coreference resolution systems. During the experimentation phase, we have demonstrated that language-specific features have a noteworthy effect on coreference resolution, obtaining a gain in CoNLL score of 7.07 with respect to the baseline system. We have also analysed the effect that preprocessing has in coreference resolution, comparing the results obtained with automatic mentions versus gold mentions. When gold mentions are provided, the results increase 11.5 points in CoNLL score in comparison with results obtained when automatic mentions are used. The contribution of each sieve is analysed concluding that morphology is essential for agglutinative languages to obtain good performance in coreference resolution. Finally, an error analysis of the coreference resolution system is presented which have revealed our system’s weak points and help to determine the improvements of the system. As a result of the error analysis, we have enriched the Basque coreference resolution adding new two sieves, obtaining an improvement of 0.24 points in CoNLL F1 when automatic mentions are used and of 0.39 points when the gold mentions are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The journal Cuadernos Europeos de Deusto (CED) / Deusto Journal of European Studies has published this special issue "Minority Languages and the Future of Europe" on the occasion of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Chair of Galician Studies at the University of Deusto in the current academic year 2021-2022. The issue includes eight articles by leading specialists who reflect on the current situation of the so-called minority languages in Europe and, in particular, on the present and future of Basque, Catalan and especially Galician, as closer cases in this context. In line with its interdisciplinary approach, the editors accepted proposals from different fields and perspectives, taking into account the social, legal or political dimensions, as well as the linguistic and cultural ones. The various analyses provided pay particular attention to issues such as language legislation, standardization, the language use of young people in particular, or the importance of digitization, among others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]