Open AccessAutomatic Addition of Genre Information in a Japanese Dictionary
Author(s) -
Raoul Blin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acta linguistica asiatica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2232-3317
DOI - 10.4312/ala.2.2.83-96
Subject(s) - selection (genetic algorithm) , computer science , natural language processing , linguistics , statistical analysis , parallel corpora , artificial intelligence , japanese language , ranging , mathematics , statistics , philosophy , machine translation , telecommunications
This article presents the method used for the automatic addition of genre information to the Japanese entries in a Japanese-French dictionary. The dictionary is intended for a wide audience, ranging from learners of Japanese as a second language to researchers. The genre characterization is based on the statistical analysis of corpora representing different genres. We will discuss the selection of genres and corpora, the tool and method of analysis, the difficulties encountered during this analysis and their solutions