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The Swedish FrameNet++: Harmonization, integration, method development and practical language technology applications
Edited by Dana Dannélls, Lars Borin and Karin Friberg Heppin
[Natural Language Processing 14] 2021
► pp. 123–138

Chapter 5
A multilingual net of lexical resources

| University of Helsinki
| University of Helsinki
| University of Gothenburg
| University of Gothenburg
| University of Copenhagen
| The Society for Danish Language and Literature
| University of Tartu
| University of Tartu
| University of Tartu
In this chapter, we explore how to develop and encode the relationship between wordnets for different languages using some Nordic and Baltic wordnets to illustrate the variety of approaches. We also briefly touch on how these wordnets have been enhanced or augmented with various types of lexical information, such as framenet frames as well as syntagmatic and sentiment information.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Synonyms and their translations
  • 3.Lexical resources and their inter-lingual relations
    • 3.1Danish
    • 3.2Estonian
    • 3.3Finnish
    • 3.4Norwegian
    • 3.5Swedish
    • 3.6Multi-lingual visualization using WordTies
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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Published online: 26 November 2021
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