| dc.contributor.author |
Paik, Kyonghee. |
| dc.contributor.author |
Bond, Francis. |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2011-10-17T00:55:55Z |
| dc.date.available |
2011-10-17T00:55:55Z |
| dc.date.copyright |
2001 |
| dc.date.issued |
2011-10-17 |
| dc.identifier.citation |
Paik, K., & Bond, F. (2001). Multilingual generation of numeral classifiers using a common ontology. 19th International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages, pp.141-147. |
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7271 |
| dc.description.abstract |
In this paper, we present a solution to the problem of generating both Japanese and Korean
numeral classifiers using semantic classes from an ontology. Most nouns must use a numeral
classifier when they are quantified in languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malay and
Thai. In order to select an appropriate classifier, we propose an algorithm which associates
classifiers with semantic classes and uses inheritance to list only exceptional classifiers with
individual nouns. The algorithm generates sortal classifiers with an accuracy of 81%. We reuse
the ontology provided by Goi-Taikei — a Japanese lexicon, and show that it is a reasonable
choice for this task, requiring information to be entered for less than 6% of individual nouns. |
| dc.format.extent |
7 p. |
| dc.language.iso |
en |
| dc.rights |
© 2001 19th International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages. |
| dc.subject |
DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Computational linguistics. |
| dc.title |
Multilingual generation of numeral classifiers using a common ontology. |
| dc.type |
Conference Paper |
| dc.contributor.conference |
19th International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages: ICCPOL-2001 |
| dc.contributor.school |
School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| dc.description.version |
Accepted version |
| dc.identifier.rims |
155588 |
