Towards a Multifunctional Lexical Resource : : Design and Implementation of a Graph-based Lexicon Model / / Dennis Spohr.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Spohr, Dennis,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Lexicographica. Series Maior : Supplementbände zum Internationalen Jahrbuch für Lexikographie , 141
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (205 p.)

What are the principles according to which lexical data should be represented in order to form a lexical database that can serve as a basis for the construction of several different monofunctional dictionaries? Starting from the notion of lexicographic functions as defined by Henning Bergenholtz and Sven Tarp, this question is approached by analysing how current electronic dictionaries and lexical resource models attempt to satisfy the needs of different types of users in different usage situations, in order to identify general requirements on the model for a lexical resource that aims to be “multifunctional” in the above sense. Based on this analysis, this book explores the use of formalisms developed in the context of the semantic web to approach both general and specific lexicographic questions, in particular the representation of multi-word expressions and their properties and relations. In doing so, this book not only addresses several topics which are of relevance to lexicographers and computational linguists alike, but also supports its claims by providing a prototypical implementation of a multifunctional lexical resource using semantic web formalisms.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Preface -- 2. Introduction -- 3. Requirements Analysis and State of the Art -- 4. A Graph-based Formalism for Representing Lexical Information -- 5. Components of the Multifunctional Lexicon Model -- 6. Towards a Multifunctional Lexical Resource -- 7. Conclusion and Future Work -- 8. Deutsche Zusammenfassung -- 9. English Summary -- 10. Bibliography -- Appendix