Dictionary Writing System (DWS) + Corpus Query Package (CQP): The Case of TshwaneLex

Abstract

Abstract:In this article the integrated corpus query functionality of the dictionary compilation software TshwaneLex is analysed. Attention is given to the handling of both raw corpus data and annotated corpus data. With regard to the latter it is shown how, with a minimum of human effort, machine learning techniques can be employed to obtain part-of-speech tagged corpora that can be used for lexicographic purposes. All points are illustrated with data drawn from English and Northern Sotho. The tools and techniques themselves, however, are language-independent, and as such the encouraging outcomes of this study are far-reaching.

Optimising Data Utilisation in Lexicography: The Case of the <i>Khoekhoegowab Dictionary</i>

“…Van Sterkenburg 2003: 195 ff. andDe Pauw 2007 on the development of digital resources). Even if electronic text corpora had been produced by scanning, they would have been of only limited value as the revised and standardised orthography of Khoekhoegowab had not yet established itself in the literature and lemmas would hence not have been recognised automatically.…”