About us
The purpose of Språkbanken (The Language Bank of Sweden) is to develop a national e-infrastructure supporting research in language technology, linguistics and other fields of study where research is conducted based on language data.
Examples of disciplines which could make use of this infrastructure are language technology, linguistics, digital humanities and social science, social robotics and artificial intelligence. The four divisions – Språkbanken CLARIN, Språkbanken Sam, Språkbanken Tal and Språkbanken Text – cover the main areas of language-based expression.
Språkbanken has a remit to create possibilities to research digital materials, both written and spoken, using tools and methods from language technology and digital humanities. Large amounts of written and spoken material will also be made more accessible to researchers. Additionally, the infrastructure helps the promotion of languages and language technology in Sweden.
The research infrastructure is collaboratively funded by the Swedish Research Council and 10 universities and government agencies.