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Author Barnbrook, Geoff.

Title Defining language : a local grammar of definition sentences / Geoff Barnbrook.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 280 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in corpus linguistics, 1388-0373 ; v. 11
Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 11. 1388-0373
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and indexes.
Contents De.ning Language; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication page; Acknowledgements; Brief description; Contents; Chapter 1 Language, deWnitions and dictionaries; Chapter 2 Monolingual English dictionaries; Chapter 3 Grammars, parsers, sublanguages and local grammars; Chapter 4 Methodology; Chapter 5 The definition type taxonomy; Chapter 6 The definition language grammar and its parser; Chapter 7 Evaluation and applications; Appendix; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Bibliography; Definitions index; Names index; Terms index; The series STUDIES IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS (SCL).
Summary 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.
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Subject Lexicography -- Data processing.
Lexicography -- Data processing.
English language -- Lexicography -- Data processing.
English language -- Lexicography -- Data processing.
English language -- Lexicography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Barnbrook, Geoff. Defining language. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 2002 (DLC) 2002026204
ISBN 9789027296177 (electronic book)
9027296170 (electronic book)
9789027222817 (Eur. ; alkaline paper)
9027222819 (Eur. ; alkaline paper)
9781588112989 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper)
1588112985 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper)
9027222819 (Eur. ; alkaline paper)
1588112985 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper)