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Edited by Hendrik J. Kockaert and Frieda Steurs
[Handbook of Terminology 1] 2015
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Using frame semantics to build a bilingual lexical resource on legal terminology

 | Université de Montréal
Published online: 13 March 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hot.1.usi1
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Resources that describe legal terminology
  • 3.JuriDiCo: Theoretical and methodological principles
    • 3.1Frame Semantics
    • 3.2FrameNet
    • 3.3DicoInfo
  • 4.JuriDiCo: The methodology
  • 5.JuriDiCo: The resource
    • 5.1The macrostructure
    • 5.2The microstructure
      • 5.2.1Term entries
      • 5.2.2Frame entries
  • 6.Concluding remarks and future work
  • Acknowledgements
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Notes
  • References
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