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The colloquial WordNet: Extending Princeton WordNet with neologisms

  • John P. McCrae
  • , Ian Wood
  • , Amanda Hicks
  • University of Galway
  • University of Florida

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Abstract

Princeton WordNet is one of the most important resources for natural language processing, but has not been updated for over ten years and is not suitable for analyzing the fast moving language as used on social media. We propose an extension to WordNet, with new terms that have been found from Twitter and Reddit, and cover language usage that is emergent or vulgar. In addition to our methodology for extraction, we analyze new terms to provide information about how new words are entering the English language. Finally, we discuss publishing this resource both as linguistic linked open data and as part of the Global WordNet Association’s Interlingual Index.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLanguage, Data, and Knowledge - First International Conference, LDK 2017, Proceedings
EditorsJohn P. McCrae, Sebastian Hellmann, Paul Buitelaar, Jorge Gracia, Francis Bond, Christian Chiarcos
PublisherSpringer-Verlag
Pages194-202
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319598871
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event1st International Conference on Language, Data, and Knowledge, LDK 2017 - Galway, Ireland
Duration: 19 Jun 201720 Jun 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10318 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Language, Data, and Knowledge, LDK 2017
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityGalway
Period19/06/1720/06/17

Keywords

  • Lexicography
  • Linked data
  • Neologisms
  • Slang
  • WordNet

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