LINGUIST List 21.2874

Sat Jul 10 2010

Books: Computational Linguistics/Lexicography: Westerhout

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        1.    Mariëtte Bonenkamp, Definition Extraction for Glossary Creation: Westerhout

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Message 1: Definition Extraction for Glossary Creation: Westerhout
Date: 15-Jun-2010
From: Mariëtte Bonenkamp <lotuu.nl>
Subject: Definition Extraction for Glossary Creation: Westerhout
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Title: Definition Extraction for Glossary Creation Subtitle: A study on extracting definitions for semi-automatic glossary creation in Dutch Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series Published: 2010 Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
                http://www.lotpublications.nl/

Author: Eline Westerhout Paperback: ISBN: 9789460930348 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 24.86
Abstract:

The central topic of this thesis is the automatic extraction of definitionsfrom text. Definition extraction can play a role in various applicationsincluding the semi-automatic development of glossaries in an eLearningcontext, which constitutes the main focus of this dissertation. A glossaryprovides definitionsfor the most important terms that are discussed in a text. Thesemi-automatic extraction approach presented in this study consists of twophases. As a first step, a method entirely based on lexico-syntacticpatterns has been used to distinguish between definitions andnon-definitions. A corpus consisting of 600 definitions has been employedto identify recurrent definition patterns. Since many of these patterns arenot unique to definitions, a second step was employed to reduce the numberof non-definitions identified. It has been investigated whether othertextual characteristics can contribute to the correct classification ofdefinitions, in addition to the lexico-syntactic patterns. The propertiesthat have been examined vary from the importance of the defined word(phrase) within a text to the layout of the definition. Machine learningtechniques have been employed to identify which are the most relevant(combinations of) definition properties. The results of this dissertationare relevant for researchers in linguistics and lexicography as well as forthe development of language technology applications.

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics                             Lexicography
Subject Language(s): Dutch (nld)
Written In: English (eng )

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