1. Building a Database of Related Concepts of Mandarin Metaphors Based on WordNet and SUMO
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Chun-Hung Chen, Siaw-Fong Chung, and F.Y. August Chao
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Database ,Computer science ,Relational database ,Metaphor ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,WordNet ,computer.software_genre ,Mandarin Chinese ,language.human_language ,Electronic mail ,Semantic network ,Linguistics ,language ,Artificial intelligence ,Construct (philosophy) ,business ,computer ,Natural language processing ,media_common - Abstract
The ontological concepts for 1,256 Mandarin metaphor types (such as cheng2zhang3 ‘grow/growth’ and jian4she4 ‘construct/construction’) were stored in a database in the form of metaphor-concept pairings. In each pair, a Mandarin metaphor type is paired with ontological concepts in English. Based on the relations given in these pairings, a database of relational concept was created. Calculation of co-appearance of concepts can be undertaken using the database. The work will contribute to analysis of conceptual relatedness, semantic networking and relatedness of Mandarin metaphors.
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- 2009
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