A Sign Expansion Approach to Dynamic, Multi-Purpose Lexicons

Two problematic issues in most lexicon systems today are their size and restricted domain of use. In this paper, we introduce a new approach to lexical organization that leads to more compact and flexible lexicons. The lexical entries are conceptual/phonological frames rather than word entries, and a number of expansion rules are used to generate entries of actual words from these frames. A single frame supports not only all forms of a word, but also words of different categories that are derived from the same semantic basis. The whole theory is now being implemented in the TROLL lexicon project.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1996
• Where: COLING
• Authors: Jon Atle Gulla, Siur Norstebo Moshagen
• Keywords: COLING 1996, COLING 2008, Lexical Entries, Lexicon Systems, Word Entries