Desambiguation of words' meanings and the lexical representation of the world  Cover Image

Désambiguïsation des sens des mots et représentation lexicale du monde
Desambiguation of words' meanings and the lexical representation of the world

Author(s): Wiesław Banyś
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: polysemy; ambiguity; disambiguation; object-oriented description; object classes; automatic translation

Summary/Abstract: Wiesław Banyś discussed the natural polysemy of the lexicon of natural languages, perceived as one of the major problems of the automatic translation. He also presented a solution for the problem of disambiguation of ambiguous expressions – it pivots on the object-oriented description, enriched with a transfer of various possible translations in a target language to the possible ambiguity of a source language. Finally, the author showed differences in the representations of the world in Polish and French, on the example of some Polish renderings of the French verb “gagner”.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 57-76
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: French