Defining Language: A local grammar of definition sentencesJohn Benjamins Publishing, 2002 M10 24 - 281 páginas Definition is a basic activity of language, of particular importance to linguists because of its use of language to describe itself. Beyond this inherent significance as a crucial element of language study, definitions also provide a rich potential source of the information needed for Natural Language Processing systems. This book describes an investigation of the subset of general language used in definition sentences and the development of a taxonomy of definition types, a grammar of definition sentences and parsing software which can extract their functional components. The work is based on definition sentences used in one of the dictionaries from the Cobuild range, and the book includes a brief history of the development of monolingual English dictionaries, an assessment of the concepts of sublanguages and local grammars and a full exploration of the results of the analysis and of the present and future applications of the taxonomy, grammar and parser. |
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... Complex elements 189 6.6.1 Headwords 189 6.6.2 Superordinates 190 6.6.3 Discriminators 193 6.7 The grammar of the definition types: A formal summary 200 6.7.1 Explanation of symbols and conventions 200 6.7.2 Formal summary of the ...
... Complex elements 189 6.6.1 Headwords 189 6.6.2 Superordinates 190 6.6.3 Discriminators 193 6.7 The grammar of the definition types: A formal summary 200 6.7.1 Explanation of symbols and conventions 200 6.7.2 Formal summary of the ...
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... complex, highly structured form of language, relying heavily on a densely encoded system of typographical formats and abbreviations. The exact method, and the nature and extent of the information given, varies from one dictionary to ...
... complex, highly structured form of language, relying heavily on a densely encoded system of typographical formats and abbreviations. The exact method, and the nature and extent of the information given, varies from one dictionary to ...
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... complex algorithms because they are required to deal with a huge variety of language forms. The restricted nature of the definition language, analysed in detail in Chapters 5 and 6, has allowed the development of a relatively simple ...
... complex algorithms because they are required to deal with a huge variety of language forms. The restricted nature of the definition language, analysed in detail in Chapters 5 and 6, has allowed the development of a relatively simple ...
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... complex in CCELD. For example, the definition of 'near miss' on p. 960: A near miss is 1 a bomb or shot whichjust misses the target, although it is very close. 2 a situation where you nearly had an accident or disaster but just avoided ...
... complex in CCELD. For example, the definition of 'near miss' on p. 960: A near miss is 1 a bomb or shot whichjust misses the target, although it is very close. 2 a situation where you nearly had an accident or disaster but just avoided ...
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... complex role of language within it. 2.1.1 Object language and metalanguage in the monolingual dictionary The fundamental difficulty facing anyone compiling a monolingual dictionary is described by Zgusta et al.(1971, pp. 248—9): 'In a ...
... complex role of language within it. 2.1.1 Object language and metalanguage in the monolingual dictionary The fundamental difficulty facing anyone compiling a monolingual dictionary is described by Zgusta et al.(1971, pp. 248—9): 'In a ...
Contenido
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Chapter 3 Grammars parsers sublanguages and local grammars | 59 |
Chapter 4 Methodology | 97 |
Chapter 5 The definition type taxonomy | 135 |
Chapter 6 The definition language grammar and its parser | 161 |
Chapter 7 Evaluation and applications | 213 |
Appendix | 253 |
Appendix 2 | 257 |
Appendix 3 | 263 |
Bibliography | 269 |
Definitions index | 273 |
Names index | 278 |
Terms index | 279 |
The series STUDIES IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS SCL | 281 |
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Defining Language: A Local Grammar of Definition Sentences Geoff Barnbrook Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
Defining Language: A Local Grammar of Definition Sentences Geoff Barnbrook Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
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