Tool for Preservation of Language Heritage
Tool for Preservation of Language Heritage
Author(s): Ralitsa DutsovaSubject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies
Published by: Институт по математика и информатика - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Annotation Tag; Dictionary Entry; Digital Dictionary; Information Technologies; Lexical Database; Online Dictionary; Relational Database;
Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to represent a bilingual online dictionary as a useful tool helping preservation of the natural languages. The author focuses on the approach that was taken to develop compatible bilingual lexical database for the Bulgarian-Polish online dictionary. A formal model for the dictionary encoding is developed in accordance with the complex structures of the dictionary entries. These structures vary depending on the grammatical characteristics of Bulgarian headwords. The Web-application for presentation of the bilingual dictionary is also describred.
Journal: Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: II
- Page Range: 142-152
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English