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Towards a Lexicon for German organized by Communicative Function: an application of ‘Lexical Functions’

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GWAI-90 14th German Workshop on Artificial Intelligence

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Abstract

In this paper we show how the lexical information encoded in terms of lexical functions in Mel’čuk’s Meaning-Text-Theory can be used to develop an abstract classification of lexical items that captures the contributions that those items make to the ‘communicative/textual’ meaning of a text. In particular, we give example fragments from a classification for German that illustrate the fact that distinct lexical items express distinct attributions of salience among particular aspects of abstract semantic structure. We then describe how this lexical organization can be used in the context of a concrete text generation system architecture for controlling textually appropriate lexical selection.

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  1. PENMAN Project, USC/Information Sciences Institute, 4676 Admiralty Way, 90292-6695, Marina del Rey, CA, USA

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  2. KOMET Projekt, GMD/Institut für Integrierte Publikationsund Informationssysteme, Dolivostraße 15, D-6100, Darmstadt, W. Germany

    Leo Wanner

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Bateman, J.A., Wanner, L. (1990). Towards a Lexicon for German organized by Communicative Function: an application of ‘Lexical Functions’. In: Marburger, H. (eds) GWAI-90 14th German Workshop on Artificial Intelligence. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 251. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76071-6_22

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