Title :
An Interactive Arabic Dictionary
Author :
Rebdawi, Ghaida ; Ghneim, Nada ; Desouki, Mohammad Said ; Sonbol, Riad
Author_Institution :
Higher Inst. for Appl. Sci. & Technol., Damascus, Syria
Abstract :
This paper presents the Interactive Arabic Dictionary (IAD) developed at the Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology (HIAST). IAD is an interactive web application based on the “Al-Wasseet” dictionary. It provides the different meanings of words with examples and multimedia illustrations. IAD presents also other related information like associated words, semantic domains, expressions, linguistic tips, common mistakes, and linguistic information. Users interact online with this dictionary to search information about Arabic words. Moreover, expert users can also enrich the dictionary with new words, different meanings, or other related information.
Keywords :
Internet; computational linguistics; dictionaries; interactive systems; natural languages; Al-Wasseet dictionary; Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology; associated word; interactive Arabic dictionary; interactive Web application; linguistic information; multimedia illustration; semantic domain; Business; Databases; Dictionaries; Java; Multimedia communication; Pragmatics; Semantics; Arabic Dictionary; Arabic Language Processing; Interactive Web Dictionary; Language Resources; Monolingual Dictionary;
Conference_Titel :
Innovations in Information Technology (IIT), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Abu Dhabi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0311-9
DOI :
10.1109/INNOVATIONS.2011.5893874
