Lexical diversity in kinship across languages and dialects
Languages are known to describe the world in diverse ways. Across lexicons, diversity is pervasive, appearing through phenomena such as lexical gaps and untranslatability. However, in computational resources, such as multilingual lexical databases, diversity is hardly ever represented. In this paper...
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| author | Hadi Khalilia Hadi Khalilia Gábor Bella Abed Alhakim Freihat Shandy Darma Fausto Giunchiglia |
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| description | Languages are known to describe the world in diverse ways. Across lexicons, diversity is pervasive, appearing through phenomena such as lexical gaps and untranslatability. However, in computational resources, such as multilingual lexical databases, diversity is hardly ever represented. In this paper, we introduce a method to enrich computational lexicons with content relating to linguistic diversity. The method is verified through two large-scale case studies on kinship terminology, a domain known to be diverse across languages and cultures: one case study deals with seven Arabic dialects, while the other one with three Indonesian languages. Our results, made available as browseable and downloadable computational resources, extend prior linguistics research on kinship terminology, and provide insight into the extent of diversity even within linguistically and culturally close communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b4b6c546008a4041a5c4c0f370fceee72023-11-20T04:39:27ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-11-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.12296971229697Lexical diversity in kinship across languages and dialectsHadi Khalilia0Hadi Khalilia1Gábor Bella2Abed Alhakim Freihat3Shandy Darma4Fausto Giunchiglia5Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyDepartment of Computer Science, Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, Tulkarm, PalestineLab-STICC CNRS UMR 628, IMT Atlantique, Brest, FranceDepartment of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyLanguages are known to describe the world in diverse ways. Across lexicons, diversity is pervasive, appearing through phenomena such as lexical gaps and untranslatability. However, in computational resources, such as multilingual lexical databases, diversity is hardly ever represented. In this paper, we introduce a method to enrich computational lexicons with content relating to linguistic diversity. The method is verified through two large-scale case studies on kinship terminology, a domain known to be diverse across languages and cultures: one case study deals with seven Arabic dialects, while the other one with three Indonesian languages. Our results, made available as browseable and downloadable computational resources, extend prior linguistics research on kinship terminology, and provide insight into the extent of diversity even within linguistically and culturally close communities.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1229697/fullmultilingual lexicondialectlanguage diversitylexical gapkinshiplexical typology |
| spellingShingle | Hadi Khalilia Hadi Khalilia Gábor Bella Abed Alhakim Freihat Shandy Darma Fausto Giunchiglia Lexical diversity in kinship across languages and dialects Frontiers in Psychology multilingual lexicon dialect language diversity lexical gap kinship lexical typology |
| title | Lexical diversity in kinship across languages and dialects |
| title_full | Lexical diversity in kinship across languages and dialects |
| title_fullStr | Lexical diversity in kinship across languages and dialects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lexical diversity in kinship across languages and dialects |
| title_short | Lexical diversity in kinship across languages and dialects |
| title_sort | lexical diversity in kinship across languages and dialects |
| topic | multilingual lexicon dialect language diversity lexical gap kinship lexical typology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1229697/full |
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