WordNet is an on-line lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current
psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. English nouns, verbs, and adjectives are …

How are words and idioms organized in a language? How are they learnt and stored?
Vocabulary explains the ways in which the various theories relating to these questions have …

A taxonomy of part‐whole or meronymic relations is developed to explain the ordinary
English‐speaker's use of the term “part of” and its cognates. The resulting classification …

It is now more than fifty years since the first paper on formal specifications of an information
system was published by Young and Kent. Even if the term “conceptual model” was not used …

Definitions of common nouns typically give a superordinate term plus distinguishing
features; that information provides the basis for organizing noun files in WordNet. The …

We give a brief outline of the design and contents of the English lexical database WordNet,
which serves as a model for similarly conceived wordnets in several European languages …

To develop sophisticated database management systems, there is a need to incorporate
more understanding of the real world in the information that is stored in a database …

Recently, there has been a surge of interest in the lexicon. The demand for a fuller and more
adequate understanding of lexical meaning required by developments in computational …

This chapter describes WordNet, an on-line lexical reference system whose design is based
on psycholinguistic theories of human lexical organization and memory. English nouns …

Textverstehen ist ein grundlegender Teil der menschlichen Sprachverarbeitung und
beinhaltet einen kognitiven und einen kommunikativen Aspekt. Der kognitive Aspekt bezieht …