Ontology and the Lexicon

Graeme Hirst
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Graeme Hirst: University of Toronto

A chapter in Handbook on Ontologies, 2009, pp 269-292 from Springer

Abstract: Summary A lexicon is a linguistic object and hence is not the same thing as an ontology, which is non-linguistic. Nonetheless, word senses are in many ways similar to ontological concepts and the relationships found between word senses resemble the relationships found between concepts. Although the arbitrary and semi-arbitrary distinctions made by natural languages limit the degree to which these similarities can be exploited, a lexicon can nonetheless serve in the development of an ontology, especially in a technical domain.

Keywords: Natural Language; Machine Translation; Lexical Entry; Word Sense; Unify Medical Language System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92673-3_12

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