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Article published In: Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 33:2 (2020) ► pp.416–442

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Sources and steps of corpus lemmatization

Old English anomalous verbs

 | Universidad de La Rioja
Published online: 10 February 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/resla.18024.gar
Abstract
This article describes the steps and results of the lemmatization of the derived anomalous verbs of Old English. The data have been retrieved from The Dictionary of Old English Web Corpus, searched through the lexical database from the Nerthus Project called Norna. The methodology comprises several steps combining automatic searches on the lemmatizer and manual revision. Part of the results, including the verbs starting with the letters A to H, are compared with the Dictionary of Old English, while the rest of the lemmas are checked with the standard Old English dictionaries (Clark-Hall, Sweet and Bosworth-Toller). The discussion leads to the conclusion that the lemmatization of the verbs of Old English, a language with a remarkable degree of spelling variation, requires considerable manual revision. However, the progressive improvement of automatic searches, based on the comparison of the initial results with the available lexicographical sources, minimizes the need for manual adjustment.
Resumen
Fuentes y pasos para la lematización en corpus: Los verbos anómalos de Inglés Antiguo
Este artículo describe el procedimiento y los resultados de la lematización de los verbos anómalos derivados de Inglés Antiguo. Los datos se han obtenido de The Dictionary of Old English Web Corpus, sobre el que se han lanzado búsquedas por medio de la base de datos léxica Norna. La metodología consiste en varios pasos que combinan búsquedas automáticas en el lematizador y revisión manual de los resultados. Los verbos de la A a la H se han comparado con el Dictionary of Old English, mientras que el resto de los lemas se revisan con ayuda de los diccionarios estándar de Inglés Antiguo (Clark-Hall, Sweet and Bosworth-Toller). Las conclusiones insisten en la necesidad de revisión manual cuando se lematizan verbos de Inglés Antiguo dado el alto grado de variación de esta lengua. Sin embargo, el método puede refinarse con el perfeccionamiento de las búsquedas automáticas, basándose en la comparación de los resultados con las fuentes lexicográficas disponibles, y así reducir la necesidad de revisión manual.
Article outline
  • 1.Aims and relevance of the research
  • 2.Sources. The lemmatizer Norna
  • 3.Research methodology
  • 4.Results
  • 5.Discussion
  • 6.Conclusion
  • References
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