Automatic Text Simplification via Synonym Replacement
Robin Keskisärkkä · 2012
Automatic lexical simplification via synonym replacement in Swedish was investigated. Three different methods for choosing alternative synonyms were evaluated: (1) based on word frequency, (2) based on word length, and (3) based on level of synonymy. These three strategies were evaluated in terms of standardized readability metrics for Swedish, average word length, and proportion of long words, and in relation to the ratio of type A (severe) errors in relation to replacements. 1.