rapaport@cs.buffalo.EDU (William J. Rapaport) (10/13/87)
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
COLLOQUIUM
LEXICONS, "THE" LEXICON, AND COMPUTATION
Donald E. Walker
Artificial Intelligence and Information Science Research
Bell Communications Research
There has been a recent intensification of interest in the lexicon that
is manifest in linguistics, computational linguistics, artificial intel-
ligence, and information science. A series of workshops have brought
people from a variety of backgrounds together to discuss these develop-
ments. An attempt has been made to establish a baseline description of
our understanding of the lexicon (1) in various research areas:
linguistics, semantics, parsing, generation; (2) in relation to certain
core problems: identifying units, lexicographic practice, cognitive
analysis, lexical acquisition; (3) as it affects applications: transla-
tion, education, information retrieval, "office" systems, personal use;
and (4) in identifying relevant research resources: machine-readable
dictionaries and other reference works, lexical knowledge bases, textual
knowledge bases, products derived from interactions between lexical and
textual knowledge bases. A primary objective currently being addressed
is the development of a polytheoretical lexicon in which lexical entries
are written so the information they contain can be used by people fol-
lowing different theoretical approaches. In addition, efforts are
underway to create shareable resources that can be used by the various
groups working in this area. The long-range implications of these
activities are critical for further work on a broad range of problems
associated with natural language.
5 November 1987
3:30 P.M.
Knox 4, Amherst Campus
Coffee and danish will be served at 4:30 P.M., 224 Bell Hall
For further information, call (716) 636-2863.