LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 5 May 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Lexipedia: A Multilingual Digital Linguistic Database

Rajesha N., Ramya M., and Samar Sinha

Abstract

Lexipedia, a multilingual digital linguistic database aims to provide all types and kinds of information that a linguistic item carries in a language, and its cross-linguistic morphemic equivalent in other languages. It provides a wide range of information from graphemic to idiomatic expressions and beyond. In this paper, Lexipedia is conceptualised as a model of human knowledge of language, and its description and architecture is an effort towards modelling such linguistic knowledge.

I. LEXICAL DATABASE: ISSUES AND LIMITATIONS

For more than 2000 years, paper dictionaries are compiled with a view to provide specific information that it aims to provide. Hence, there are several types of dictionaries providing specific information depending upon the type of dictionary. Similarly, electronic/digital dictionary does the same by replacing the format. An electronic dictionary, though primarily designed to provide basic information such as grammatical category, meaning, usage, frequency, etc., has also got its usage in various other ancillary tasks in the newer domains of language use. Such electronic dictionary, however, has a major shortcoming as it provides specific information considering the scope, usage, and storage for which it is developed. In other words, other different kinds of information that the language users require are often not featured but are readily available in another dictionary specifically created for it. In another aspect, such dictionary is a mere list of lexical items with its specific information, and does not reflect how human beings store and process such lexical items.

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Rajesha N
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Ramya M
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Samar Sinha
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Linguistic Data Consortium for Indian Languages
Central Institute of Indian Languages
Mysore, India
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