Word Meaning Disambiguation Using Everyday Language Knowledge in Machine Translation
Duan Qi-li · Journal of Chongqing University. English Edition · 2005
A new method of polysemant meaning disambiguation is provided. First,a formalized criteria of selecting proper meaning of polysemant according to everyday language knowledge is presented. Then the logical reasoning in human’s activities of word disambiguation is transformed into a simple and mechanical set operation which is easy to perform for computer. Basing this, the authors provides a concept ——“multi-place sequence of word meaning item to improve existing electronic dictionaries by introducing more information relevant to language situation for more effective word disambiguation, and thus clarifies the orientation in getting the knowledge of those dictionaries.