A Computational Approach to Zulu Verb Morphology within the Context of Lexical Semantics
The central research question that is addressed in this article is: How can ZulMorph, a finite state morphological analyser for Zulu, be employed to add value to Zulu lexical semantics with specific reference to Zulu verbs? The verb is the most complex word category in Zulu. Due to the agglutinat...
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| description | The central research question that is addressed in this article is: How can ZulMorph, a
finite state morphological analyser for Zulu, be employed to add value to Zulu lexical semantics
with specific reference to Zulu verbs? The verb is the most complex word category in Zulu. Due to
the agglutinative nature of Zulu morphology, limited information can be computationally
extracted from running Zulu text without the support of sufficiently reliable computational morphological analysis by means of which the essential meanings of, amongst others, verbs can be
exposed. In this article we describe a corpus-based approach to adding the English meaning to
Zulu extended verb roots, thereby enhancing ZulMorph as a lexical knowledge base. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e124c694d7794f45ab92af141f717dcd2022-12-22T00:12:38ZafrWoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WATLexikos1684-49042224-00392017-11-012715218210.5788/27-1-1398A Computational Approach to Zulu Verb Morphology within the Context of Lexical SemanticsSonja E. Bosch0Laurette Pretorius1University of South Africa (UNISA)University of South Africa (UNISA)The central research question that is addressed in this article is: How can ZulMorph, a finite state morphological analyser for Zulu, be employed to add value to Zulu lexical semantics with specific reference to Zulu verbs? The verb is the most complex word category in Zulu. Due to the agglutinative nature of Zulu morphology, limited information can be computationally extracted from running Zulu text without the support of sufficiently reliable computational morphological analysis by means of which the essential meanings of, amongst others, verbs can be exposed. In this article we describe a corpus-based approach to adding the English meaning to Zulu extended verb roots, thereby enhancing ZulMorph as a lexical knowledge base. https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1398zulu verb morphologyverb extensionslexical semanticscomputational morphological analysiszulmorphzulu lexical knowledge basebitext |
| spellingShingle | Sonja E. Bosch Laurette Pretorius A Computational Approach to Zulu Verb Morphology within the Context of Lexical Semantics Lexikos zulu verb morphology verb extensions lexical semantics computational morphological analysis zulmorph zulu lexical knowledge base bitext |
| title | A Computational Approach to Zulu Verb Morphology within the Context of Lexical Semantics |
| title_full | A Computational Approach to Zulu Verb Morphology within the Context of Lexical Semantics |
| title_fullStr | A Computational Approach to Zulu Verb Morphology within the Context of Lexical Semantics |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Computational Approach to Zulu Verb Morphology within the Context of Lexical Semantics |
| title_short | A Computational Approach to Zulu Verb Morphology within the Context of Lexical Semantics |
| title_sort | computational approach to zulu verb morphology within the context of lexical semantics |
| topic | zulu verb morphology verb extensions lexical semantics computational morphological analysis zulmorph zulu lexical knowledge base bitext |
| url | https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1398 |
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