Use of Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary to construct a master hyphenation list

  • Authors:
  • James L. Peterson

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Texas, Austin, Texas

  • Venue:
  • AFIPS '82 Proceedings of the June 7-10, 1982, national computer conference
  • Year:
  • 1982

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Abstract

A machine-readable form of Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary has been obtained. After substantial processing to understand the form and content of the dictionary and to correct residual typographical errors, we have begun the task of constructing a master word-hyphenation list based on this dictionary and other sources. Substantial problems can arise in preparing the master hyphenation list because of incompatible hyphenation definitions from various sources. Some statistics are given.