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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... Explanation 153 5.3.9 Matching elements in the second part 153 5.4 The structural patterns of the taxonomy 154 5.4.1 Group A 154 5.4.2 Group B 155 5.4.3 Group C 155 5.4.4 Group D 156 5.4.5 Unallocated definitions 156 5.5 The ...
... Explanation 153 5.3.9 Matching elements in the second part 153 5.4 The structural patterns of the taxonomy 154 5.4.1 Group A 154 5.4.2 Group B 155 5.4.3 Group C 155 5.4.4 Group D 156 5.4.5 Unallocated definitions 156 5.5 The ...
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... Explanation of symbols and conventions 200 6.7.2 Formal summary of the definition language grammar 202 6.8 An outline of the parsing process 202 6.9 The recognition of definition types 203 6.9.1 The definition record data structure 203 ...
... Explanation of symbols and conventions 200 6.7.2 Formal summary of the definition language grammar 202 6.8 An outline of the parsing process 202 6.9 The recognition of definition types 203 6.9.1 The definition record data structure 203 ...
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... explanation easily at hand when a user first encounters this label. It could, however, be accessed by a computer program, which could make an appropriate entry for usage. The CCELD entry does not equate the meaning of 'prat' with 'very ...
... explanation easily at hand when a user first encounters this label. It could, however, be accessed by a computer program, which could make an appropriate entry for usage. The CCELD entry does not equate the meaning of 'prat' with 'very ...
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... explanation of the meaning of each headword which contains the essential semantic, syntactic and lexical information in a short piece of normal English text. The unique feature of the Cobuild range of dictionaries is the framing of ...
... explanation of the meaning of each headword which contains the essential semantic, syntactic and lexical information in a short piece of normal English text. The unique feature of the Cobuild range of dictionaries is the framing of ...
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... explanation etc.) but on the other hand, it is the instrument by which this work (description, explanation etc.) is done. This double purpose and double use must be constantly taken into consideration.' As Harris (1988, pp. 2—3) ...
... explanation etc.) but on the other hand, it is the instrument by which this work (description, explanation etc.) is done. This double purpose and double use must be constantly taken into consideration.' As Harris (1988, pp. 2—3) ...
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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