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Taking for granted the importance of a lexical component in any linguistic application within the so-called ‘language industry’, this paper aims at highlighting some of the issues which have to be carefully evaluated with regard to any future actions for building large-size computational lexicons. The following aspects, considered of crucial relevance, particularly if one aims at a set of interconnected lexicons for different languages, are presented: design of lexicon architecture, role of user needs, need for standardization, multilinguality, role of textual corpora, organizational aspects, intellectual property rights, and the role of national and international bodies.
This is a revised version of a “strategic paper” produced within the MLAP (Multilingual Action Plan) project NERC (Network of European Reference Corpora) funded by the EC, DG XIII and coordinated by the Consorzio Pisa Ricerche (A. Zampolli). The partners of the NERC project were INALF-Paris (France), Universidad de Malaga (Spain), INL-Lieden (The Netherlands), IDS-Mannheim (Germany), University of Birmingham (U.K.), Istituto di Linguistica del CNR and Universitá di Pisa (Italy).
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Calzolari, N. (1994). Issues for Lexicon Building. In: Zampolli, A., Calzolari, N., Palmer, M. (eds) Current Issues in Computational Linguistics: In Honour of Don Walker. Linguistica Computazionale, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-35958-8_14
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