03413nam 2200577 a 450 991082841300332120200520144314.01-282-16094-X978661216094390-272-9617-0(CKB)1000000000522175(OCoLC)56118245(CaPaEBR)ebrary10041619(SSID)ssj0000136156(PQKBManifestationID)11150339(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136156(PQKBWorkID)10064008(PQKB)10234424(MiAaPQ)EBC622426(EXLCZ)99100000000052217520020719d2002 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrDefining language a local grammar of definition sentences /Geoff Barnbrook1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjamins Pub.20021 online resource (296 p.) Studies in corpus linguistics,1388-0373 ;v. 11Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-58811-298-5 90-272-2281-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-272) and indexes.De.ning Language -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Dedication page -- Acknowledgements -- Brief description -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Language, deWnitions and dictionaries -- Note -- Chapter 2 Monolingual English dictionaries -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Grammars, parsers, sublanguages and local grammars -- Chapter 4 Methodology -- Notes -- Chapter 5 The definition type taxonomy -- Note -- Chapter 6 The definition language grammar and its parser -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Evaluation and applications -- Appendix -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Bibliography -- Definitions index -- Names index -- Terms index -- The series STUDIES IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS (SCL).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.Studies in corpus linguistics ;v. 11.LexicographyData processingEnglish languageLexicographyData processingLexicographyData processing.English languageLexicographyData processing.413/.0285Barnbrook Geoff532713MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828413003321Defining language1237232UNINA