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Computational Linguistics
A Computational Theory of Metaphor
A Computational Theory of Metaphor
EBL: an approach to automatic lexical acquisition
COLING '92 Proceedings of the 14th conference on Computational linguistics - Volume 4
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This paper is concerned with the acquisition of the lexicon. In particular, we propose a method that uses analogical reasoning to hypothesize new polysemous word senses. This method is one of a number of knowledge acquisition devices to be included in DIRC (Domain Independent Retargetable Consultant). DIRC is a kind of intelligent, natural language-capable consultant kit that can be retargeted at different domains. DIRC is essentially "empty-UC" (UNIX Consultant, Wilensky et al., 1988). DIRC is to include the language and reasoning mechanisms of UC, plus a large grammar and a general lexicon. The user must then add domain knowledge, user knowledge and lexical knowledge for the area of interest.