Semantiske sprogressourcer - mellem sprogteknologi og leksikografi

Abstract

This paper discusses the synergy between lexicography and semantic
language resources meant for computational use; before, now
and in the future. On the basis of a brief historical overview of the
backgrounds for language technology and lexicography, respectively,
I analyze why the two fields have not always cooperated as closely
as one would think useful. I give a recent example of a project that
has exploited the similarities between the two fields by reusing a
monolingual dictionary for the compilation of a Danish wordnet
for technological use: DanNet. I describe some areas where modifications
have been necessary in the reuse process; this regards in particular
the adjustment of hyponymy hierarchies and the spellingout
of underspecified information. I conclude that the two fields
will most presumably be much more connected in the future due
to recent corpus and editing tools which help exploit more radically
the intersection between the two areas.