Representing the meanings of words is a formidable task for linguists; understanding them is arguably the greatest challenge for machines. Wordnets are lexical databases in which the meanings of words are given in terms of their relations to other words. This model of lexical meaning inspired by research on human semantic memory allows automatic systems designed for Natural Language Processing to detect and measure semantic similarity among words in a text.
Based on the original English WordNet, semantic networks have been constructed for donzens of genetically and typologically distinct languages, opening up new vistas on the diversity of human communication. The Proceedings of the Fifth Global WordNet conference include papers on the challenges of constructing new wordnets in a wide range of languages, the theoretical foundations and structure of wordnets as well as reports on numerous extensions and applications.
Representing the meanings of words is a formidable task for linguists; understanding them is arguably the greatest challenge for machines. Wordnets are lexical databases in which the meanings of words are given in terms of their relations to other words. This model of lexical meaning – inspired by research on human semantic memory – allows automatic systems designed for Natural Language Processing to detect and measure semantic similarity among words in a text.
Based on the original English WordNet, semantic networks have been constructed for donzens of genetically and typologically distinct languages, opening up new vistas on the diversity of human communication. The Proceedings of the Fifth Global WordNet conference include papers on the challenges of constructing new wordnets in a wide range of languages, the theoretical foundations and structure of wordnets as well as reports on numerous extensions and applications.
Preface
Organization
Crowdsourcing WordNet
Why Wikipedia Needs to Make Friends with WordNet
WordNets for Indian Languages: Some Issues
On Polysemy in Tamil and other Indian Languages
Interactions of South African Languages: Case Study of Tsotsitaal
Contrastive Polysemy in Concept Space: Implications for Multilingual Semantic
Lexicons
Generating Domain-specific Ontology from Common-sense Semantic Network for
Target-specific Sentiment Analysis
Domain-specific Word Sense Disambiguation Combining Corpus based and Wordnet
based Parameters
Finding Humour in the Blogosphere: The Role of WordNet Resources
Exploring Hindi WordNet as a Lexical Interface and Subject Headings Tool in
Library OPAC
Verbs of Emotion in French and English
Classification of Verbs Towards Developing Bengali Subcategorization
Lexicon
Representing Compound Verbs in Indo WordNet
Unificaion of Universal Word Dictionaries using WordNet Ontology and
Similarity Measures
Semantic Services in FreeLing 2.1: WordNet and UKB
Weighted Edge: A New Method to Measure the Semantic Similarity of Words based
on WordNet
LOOK4: Enhancement of Web Search Results with Universal Words and WordNet
Similarity, Comparability and Analogy in WordNet: Squaring the Analogical
Circle with Mondrian
Challenges in Multilingual Domain-specific Sense-marking
Hindi Semantic Category Labeling using Semantic Relatedness Measures
An Intelligent Framework for Reasoning on Story Plots using WordNet
Exploring the Integration of WordNet and FrameNet
Towards Universal Multilingual Knowledge Bases
Division of Semantic Labor in the Global Wordnet Grid
Using DEB Services for Knowledge Representation within the KYOTO Project
Developing the Persian WordNet of Verbs: Issues of Compound Verbs and
Building the Editor
sloWNet: Construction and Corpus Annotation
Semi Automatic Development of FarsNet: The Persian WordNet
Experiences in Building the Konkani WordNet using the Expansion Approach
Growth and Revision of Estonian WordNet
French WordNet Progess and Structured Concepts Embodiment Inside Wordnet
Domain Specific WordNet on Customs Law
Hierarchy of Perceptional Adjectives in RussNet
Modeling Attitude, Polarity and Subjectivity in Wordnet
WNMS: Connecting the Distributed WordNet in the Case of Asian WordNet
Linking CoreNet to WordNet Some Aspects and Interim Consideration
A WordNet for Tulu
Building a WordNet for Dravidian Languages
Tamil WordNet
Telugu WordNet
Toward plWordNet 2.0
Representation of Complex Predicates in WordNet
The Representation of Idioms in WordNet
Enriching the Romanian WordNet using Semi-automatically Identified Hyponymic
Patterns
Introducing Sanskrit Wordnet
A Wordnet for Bodo Language: Structure and Development
Experiences in Building the Nepali Wordnet Insights and Challenges
Introducing Filipino WordNet
Foundation and Structure of Developing an Assamese WordNet
Collaboraive Management of KYOTO Multilingual Knowledge Base: The Wikyoto
Knowledge Editor
Resources for Extending the PolNet-Polish WordNet with a Verbal Component
Rejuvenating the Italian WordNet: Upgrading, Standardising, Extending
The Need for Amharic WordNet
Wordventure Developing WordNet in Wikipedia-like Style
Adding Information to a Terminological Database by Means of Image Files
Online Multilingual Amarako?a: the Relational Lexical Database
Eurown: an Euro WordNet Module for Python.
Piek Vossen.: Professor of Computational Lexicology Faculteit der Lettern, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands Pushpak Bhattacharyya.: Department of Computer Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai Christiane Fellbaum.: Computer Science Department Princeton University, 35 Olden Street, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
