Linguistics isn't always the answer: Word comparison in computational linguistics
Lars Borin · DSpace repository (University of Tartu) · 1998
rity m e tric s a re im p o rta n t to o ls in c o m p u ta tio n a l lin g u istic s, e x te n siv e ly u s e d e.g .f o r c o m p a rin g w o rd s in a v a rie ty o f p ro b le m d o m a in s.T h is p a p e r e x a m in e s th e so m e tim e s m a d e a s s u m p tio n th a t th e p e rfo rm a n c e o f su c h w o rd c o m p a ris o n m e th o d s w o u ld b e n e fit fro m th e u se o f lin g u istic , viz.p h o n o lo g ic a l a n d m o rp h o lo g ic a l, k n o w le d g e .O n e lin g u istic a lly n aiv e m e th o d a n d o n e in c o rp o ra tin g a m o d e ra te a m o u n t o f lin g u istic s o p h is tic a tio n w e re co m p a re d o n a b ilin g u a l a n d a m o n o lin g u a l w o rd c o m p a riso n ta sk fo r a ra n g e o f la n g u a g e s.T h e re su lts s h o w th e p e rfo rm a n c e , m e a su re d as re c a ll a n d p re c isio n , o f th e lin g u is tic a lly n a iv e m e th o d to b e su p e rio r i n a ll cases.