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| Title | The MuLeXFoR Database: Representing Word-Formation Processes in a Multilingual Lexicographic Environment |
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| Authors | Bruno Cartoni and Marie-Aude Lefer |
| Abstract | This paper introduces a new lexicographic resource, the MuLeXFoR database,which aims to present word-formation processes in a multilingual environment.Morphological items represent a real challenge for lexicography, especially forthe development of multilingual tools. Affixes can take part in severalword-formation rules and, conversely, rules can be realised by means of avariety of affixes. Consequently, it is often difficult to provide enoughinformation to help users understand the meaning(s) of an affix or familiarisewith the most frequent strategies used to translate the meaning(s) conveyed byaffixes. In fact, traditional dictionaries often fail to achieve this goal. Thedatabase introduced in this paper tries to take advantage of recent advances inelectronic implementation and morphological theory. Word-formation is presentedas a set of multilingual rules that users can access via different indexes(affixes, rules and constructed words). MuLeXFoR entries contain, among otherthings, detailed descriptions of morphological constraints and productivitynotes, which are sorely lacking in currently available tools such as bilingualdictionaries. |
| Language | Multilinguality |
| Topics | Lexicon, lexical database, Morphology, Multilinguality |
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The MuLeXFoR Database: Representing Word-Formation Processes in a Multilingual Lexicographic Environment |
| Bibtex | @InProceedings{CARTONI10.236, author = {Bruno Cartoni and Marie-Aude Lefer}, title = {The MuLeXFoR Database: Representing Word-Formation Processes in a Multilingual Lexicographic Environment}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Seventh conference on International Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'10)}, year = {2010}, month = {may}, date = {19-21}, address = {Valletta, Malta}, editor = {Nicoletta Calzolari (Conference Chair), Khalid Choukri, Bente Maegaard, Joseph Mariani, Jan Odjik, Stelios Piperidis, Mike Rosner, Daniel Tapias}, publisher = {European Language Resources Association (ELRA)}, isbn = {2-9517408-6-7}, language = {english} } |