DocumentCode :
2258875
Title :
A computer-assisted dictionary-making system for Chinese English learner´s dictionary
Author :
Xiong, Wenxin ; Chen, Guohua
Author_Institution :
Nat. Res. Center for Foreign Language Educ., Beijing Foreign Studies Univ., Beijing, China
fYear :
2009
fDate :
24-27 Sept. 2009
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
5
Abstract :
The paper reports our computer-assisted dictionary-making system for English-Chinese learner´s dictionary. The system aims to enhance language quality and format consistency in dictionary compilation, which is realized by a number of linguistic analyzing modules and editorial assistant tools. The system embeds a) a concordancer of equivalent words in English-Chinese bilingual corpora based on probability coefficients, b) a collocation extraction tool over grammatical relations by shallow syntactic parsing, and c) a colligation finder based on part-of-speech tagged corpora. All these lead to better language quality of learner´s dictionaries. In addition, a desktop publishing tool and database human-machine interface are implemented to ensure format consistency in the entries produced by different lexicographers, thereby contributing to the quality of the dictionaries. The system streamlines and optimizes the processes of compiling, revising, editing, proofreading and type-setting. It distinguishes itself from other similar systems in that it pays more attentions to learners with much information derived from bilingual and learner´s corpora by statistical techniques and shallow parsing.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; dictionaries; grammars; natural language processing; program compilers; English-Chinese bilingual corpora; English-Chinese learner dictionary; colligation finder; collocation extraction tool; computer-assisted dictionary-making system; concordancer; dictionary compilation; editorial assistant tool; grammatical relation; human-machine interface; language quality; linguistic analyzing module; part-of-speech tagged corpora; probability coefficient; proofreading; syntactic parsing; type setting; Computer errors; Computer science education; Databases; Desktop publishing; Dictionaries; Engines; Man machine systems; Natural languages; Production systems; Writing; Colligation; Collocation; Computer-assisted dictionary-making system; Corpus; Dictionary compilation; Dictionary grammar;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, 2009. NLP-KE 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4538-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4540-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/NLPKE.2009.5313731
Filename :
5313731
Link To Document :
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