Consistency of Sense Relations in a Lexicographic Context

Buchbeitrag

The representation of semantic relations between word senses of different entries in a dictionary is subject to a number of consistency requirements. This paper discusses the issue of maintaining and accessing consistent information on cross-references between sense-related items in electronic dictionaries from a mainly text-technological point of view. We present a number of consistency criteria for cross-referencing related senses and propose a practical approach to handling sense relations in an online dictionary. Our proposal is currently being tested in a large ongoing online dictionary project for German called elexiko. We focus on three different aspects of the dictionary development and editing process where consistency is an important issue: lexicographic data modelling, implementation of a lexicographic database system for an electronic dictionary, and development of practical tools for the lexicographer’s workbench.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Computerunterstützte Lexikographie ; Online-Wörterbuch ; Semantische Relation ; Linguistik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Meyer, Peter ; Müller-Spitzer, Carolin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): European Language Resources Association (ELRA)
• (when): 2015-07-21

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-39200
• Last update: 06.03.2025, 9:00 AM CET