Integrating corpora and dictionaries: problems and perspectives, with particular respect to the treatment of sign language

Jette Hedegaard Kristoffersen; Thomas Troelsgård

Integrating corpora and dictionaries: problems and perspectives, with particular respect to the treatment of sign language

Jette Hedegaard Kristoffersen
, Thomas Troelsgård

Københavns Professionshøjskole (UCC)

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Abstract

In this paper, we will discuss different possibilities for integration of corpus data with dictionary data, mainly seen from a lexicographic
point of view and in a sign language context. For about 25 years a text corpus has been considered a useful, if not necessary tool for
editing dictionaries of written and spoken languages. Corpora are equally useful to sign language lexicographers, but sign language
corpora have not become accessible until recent years. Nowadays corpora exist, or are being developed, for several sign languages, and
we have the possibility of editing new, truly corpus-based sign language dictionaries, and of developing interfaces that integrate corpus
and dictionary data. After a brief look at three existing integrated interfaces, one for German, one for Danish, and one for Danish Sign
Language, we point out some of the problems that should be considered when making an integrated interface, and, finally, we briefly
outline the future perspectives of integrated sign language corpus-dictionary interfaces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interactions between Corpus and Lexicon : Workshop Proceedings 5th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages, Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)
Editors	Onno Crasborn, Eleni Efthimiou, Evita Fotinea, Thomas Hanke, Jette Hedegaard Kristoffersen, Johanna Mesch
Number of pages	6
Publisher	ELRA
Publication date	2012
Pages	95-100
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC): 5th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 21 May 2012 → 27 May 2012 http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/

Conference

Conference	Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	21/05/12 → 27/05/12
Internet address	http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/

Series	LREC Proceedings from workshops on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages
Number	5

Keywords

Media, communication and languages

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http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2012/workshops/24.Proceedings_SignLanguage.pdf

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ODTS: The Danish Sign Language Dictionary
Troelsgård, T. (Co-researcher), Pedersen, M. J. (Co-researcher), Hårdell, A. K. S. (Co-researcher), Kristoffersen, J. H. (Principle researcher), Abildgaard, E. (Co-researcher) & Kjeldsen, K. K. (Co-researcher)
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Opbygning af Korpus over Dansk Tegnsprog og korpusbasering af Ordbog over Dansk Tegnsprog
Troelsgård, T. (Co-researcher), Pedersen, M. J. (Principle researcher), Kristoffersen, J. H. (Principle researcher) & Abildgaard, E. (Co-researcher)
01/07/14 → 30/06/21
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Kristoffersen, J. H., & Troelsgård, T. (2012). Integrating corpora and dictionaries: problems and perspectives, with particular respect to the treatment of sign language. In O. Crasborn, E. Efthimiou, E. Fotinea, T. Hanke, J. H. Kristoffersen, & J. Mesch (Eds.), Interactions between Corpus and Lexicon: Workshop Proceedings 5th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages, Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC) (pp. 95-100). ELRA. http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2012/workshops/24.Proceedings_SignLanguage.pdf

Kristoffersen, Jette Hedegaard ; Troelsgård, Thomas. / Integrating corpora and dictionaries : problems and perspectives, with particular respect to the treatment of sign language. Interactions between Corpus and Lexicon: Workshop Proceedings 5th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages, Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC). editor / Onno Crasborn ; Eleni Efthimiou ; Evita Fotinea ; Thomas Hanke ; Jette Hedegaard Kristoffersen ; Johanna Mesch. ELRA, 2012. pp. 95-100 (LREC Proceedings from workshops on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages; No. 5).

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Kristoffersen, JH & Troelsgård, T 2012, Integrating corpora and dictionaries: problems and perspectives, with particular respect to the treatment of sign language. in O Crasborn, E Efthimiou, E Fotinea, T Hanke, JH Kristoffersen & J Mesch (eds), Interactions between Corpus and Lexicon: Workshop Proceedings 5th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages, Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC). ELRA, LREC Proceedings from workshops on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages, no. 5, pp. 95-100, Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC), Istanbul, Turkey, 21/05/12. <http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2012/workshops/24.Proceedings_SignLanguage.pdf>

Integrating corpora and dictionaries: problems and perspectives, with particular respect to the treatment of sign language. / Kristoffersen, Jette Hedegaard; Troelsgård, Thomas.
Interactions between Corpus and Lexicon: Workshop Proceedings 5th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages, Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC). ed. / Onno Crasborn; Eleni Efthimiou; Evita Fotinea; Thomas Hanke; Jette Hedegaard Kristoffersen; Johanna Mesch. ELRA, 2012. p. 95-100 (LREC Proceedings from workshops on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages; No. 5).

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Integrating corpora and dictionaries: problems and perspectives, with particular respect to the treatment of sign language

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