An ontological framework for modeling the contents of definitions

Seppälä, Selja

doi:10.1075/term.21.1.02sep

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“…The foregoing explains the persistent appeal of both linguists and terminologists to term definition data and concept relations they testify, in particular [3,4,[9][10][11][13][14][15].…”

Section: Parsing Of the Defining Expressionmentioning

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“…Among genus-species relations between concepts (and terms) the nearest generic concept (Genus Proximum, further -GP) is, probably, the most famous being widely accepted at least from the time of Aristotle. Actually, using the idea of the nearest generic concept the proper term of genus-species definition could be specified: every genus-species definition should allow to parse its wording into the wording of the nearest generic concept and the wording of its specific characteristics; definitions that do not allow to parse their Dfn wording in this way should be attributed to other types of definitions [13].…”

Section: [En] Term [Def]mentioning

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Analysis of Term Definitions: In Search of Domain Genus-Species Structure of Terminology

Qisong¹,

Shelov²

2022

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According to the traditional point of view, generic definition nominates the nearest generic concept for a defined expression (definiendum) and its specific features. This understanding implies that for any generic definition, you can specify one part of the defining expression (definiens) as a wording of the nearest generic concept (for a definiendum), and another part of the same expression -as naming specific difference/differences. However, in practice, parsing any arbitrary definiens into these parts is far from a trivial task. In this article a method of terminology definitions analysis is proposed in order to establish the definiens fragments that nominate the nearest generic concept (Genus Proximum) and its specific features (Differentia specifica). The idea of the most remote generic (for the defined) concept (Genus Remōtum) is introduced, which is opposite to the nearest generic concept (Genus Proximum) and which turns out to be very fruitful for the proposed analysis of generic definitions. The analysis and its results heavily depend on the semantics and syntax of the definiens. In particular, some defining expressions even in the form of substantive phrase do not nominate generic concepts and their specific characteristics, and in this sense, they are not generic definitions. Some definitions, assigned even to a single concept, on the contrary, can be interpreted as nominating several Genus Proximum concepts. Finally, it is demonstrated that the same generic definition can specify an entire hierarchy of generic concepts starting from the nearest generic concept (Genus Proximum) and ending with the most remote generic concept (Genus Remōtum).

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“…The foregoing explains the persistent appeal of both linguists and terminologists to term definition data and concept relations they testify, in particular [3,4,[9][10][11][13][14][15].…”

Section: Parsing Of the Defining Expressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: [En] Term [Def]mentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of Term Definitions: In Search of Domain Genus-Species Structure of Terminology

Qisong¹,

Shelov²

2022

IJLL

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“…No obstante, al seleccionar el contenido de una definición se debe tener en cuenta también la dimensión ontológica del concepto que se define (como entidad, evento o atributo y sus subtipos [cf. Seppälä, 2015]), y la dimensión funcional (los factores que afectan a la selección del contenido de la definición en función de los destinatarios y de sus necesidades [cf. Tarp, 2008]).…”

Section: Las Definiciones Tienen Una Dimensión Contextual Ontológicaunclassified

Presente y futuro de la base de conocimiento terminológica EcoLexicon

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EcoLexicon es una base de conocimiento terminológica multilingüe sobre ciencias medioambientales desarrollada desde 2003 por el grupo de investigación LexiCon de la Universidad de Granada (España) y constituye la aplicación práctica de la teoría de la terminología basada en marcos. El presente artículo describe el funcionamiento de EcoLexicon y presenta sus últimos avances, que incluyen un nuevo corpus y una gramática semántica de word sketches en inglés, una reforma del módulo fraseológico, un enfoque flexible a las definiciones terminológicas y la representación conceptual mediante imágenes.

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“…E é sobre ele, o referente, que as definições são elaboradas. Assim, uma definição é um enunciado encontrado como um pequeno texto no campo de definição de uma entrada de dicionário especializado e nos campos de definição ou comentário de uma ontologia (SEPPÄLÄ, 2015).…”

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Elaboração de modelos de domínio em ontologias: a abordagem onomasiológica e a função da definição

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A captura do conhecimento para a elaboração de modelos de domínios pode adotar uma abordagem semasiológica de perspectiva linguística (partindo do termo para o conceito) ou a abordagem onomasiológica, de perspectiva extralinguística (partindo do conceito para o termo). No que tange às ontologias, a adoção da abordagem semasiológica, na maioria das vezes, no que concerne à atividade de captura de conhecimento, reflete um procedimento de análise de textos eletrônicos, partindo da linguagem natural e do texto escrito em seus diversos formatos. Já a abordagem onomasiológica considera primeiramente que se chega ao termo através do extralinguístico, ou seja, a partir do entendimento do referente no âmbito de um domínio de especialidade; o termo seria o término de uma atividade de conotação sobre o referente. Este artigo aborda a metodologia apoiada na abordagem onomasiológica elaborada por I. Dahlberg, e demonstram-se os papéis que as definições possuem nesta atividade. A definição, neste sentido, é entendida como produto de um acordo estabelecido entre o modelizador/ontologista e o especialista do domínio; ela reflete o modelo pretendido de representação do mundo modelado.

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An ontological framework for modeling the contents of definitions

Cited by 27 publications

References 17 publications

Analysis of Term Definitions: In Search of Domain Genus-Species Structure of Terminology

Analysis of Term Definitions: In Search of Domain Genus-Species Structure of Terminology

Presente y futuro de la base de conocimiento terminológica EcoLexicon

Elaboração de modelos de domínio em ontologias: a abordagem onomasiológica e a função da definição

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