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WORDY: A Semi-automatic Methodology Aimed at the Creation of Neologisms Based on a Semantic Network and Blending Devices

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In this paper, we propose a semi-automatic tool, named WORDY, that implements a methodology aimed at speeding-up the process of creation of neologisms. The approach exploits a semantic network, which is explored through the spreading activation methodology and exploits three blending linguistic techniques together with a proper ranking function in order to support companies in the creation of neologisms capable of evoking semantic meaningful associations to customers.

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Schicchi, D., Pilato, G. (2018). WORDY: A Semi-automatic Methodology Aimed at the Creation of Neologisms Based on a Semantic Network and Blending Devices. In: Barolli, L., Terzo, O. (eds) Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems. CISIS 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 611. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61566-0_23

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