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  • A Domain Based Approach to Semantic Lexicon Expansion

    Rights statement: This research was funded, in whole or in part, by the Wellcome Trust, 204475/Z/16/Z. A CC BY or equivalent licence is applied to the AAM arising from this submission, in accordance with the grant’s open access conditions. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in International Journal of Lexicography following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Sheryl Prentice, Paul Rayson, Jo Knight, Mahmoud El-Haj, Solly Elstein, A Domain Based Approach to Semantic Lexicon Expansion, International Journal of Lexicography, Volume 35, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 364–377, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecab028 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/ijl/article-abstract/35/3/364/6449418

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A Domain Based Approach to Semantic Lexicon Expansion

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>30/09/2022
<mark>Journal</mark>International Journal of Lexicography
Issue number3
Volume35
Number of pages14
Pages (from-to)364-377
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date4/12/21
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Current approaches to the expansion of semantic lexicons for corpus annotation are somewhat ad hoc in nature and do not generally offer a systematic means of identifying areas for development within one’s lexicon. The present paper sets forward a domain based approach to semantic lexicon expansion, targeting UCREL’s Semantic Analysis System (USAS). First, an updated version of the lexicon is compared to representative corpora to ascertain areas of underrepresentation in a novel method which we call K-FLUX analysis. Second, an example set of underrepresented types are targeted for development using domain specific corpora. Collectively, the results show that some corpora are more successful than others in supplementing the existing USAS lexicon. The paper discusses the various factors that should be borne in mind when utilising the proposed method before concluding with how findings might inform future developments of the lexicon, and crucially, the semantic system on which it is based.

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This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in International Journal of Lexicography following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Sheryl Prentice, Paul Rayson, Jo Knight, Mahmoud El-Haj, Solly Elstein, A Domain Based Approach to Semantic Lexicon Expansion, International Journal of Lexicography, Volume 35, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 364–377, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecab028 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/ijl/article-abstract/35/3/364/6449418

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