Toward a Universal Dependencies Treebank of Old English

Representing the Morphological Relatedness of Un-Derivatives

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ID5901260
AuthorsJavier Martı&#x;n Arista (0000-0001-9900-0104, Universidad de La Rioja, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume9
Issue3
Pages76
Publication date2024-02-27
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguages (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/languages9030076
OpenAlexW4392197637
LanguageEN
References cited15

This article deals with one of the aspects involved in the compilation of a treebank of Old English within the framework of Universal Dependencies. More specifically, this study addresses the question of how to account for the remarkable degree of Old English morphological relatedness in a type of treebank designed to stress syntactic similarities across languages. The solution proposed and assessed in this study is the addition of an extra field of annotation for morphological relatedness. The data of this analysis comprise 1106 derivatives attaching the prefix un-. Out of these, there are around 80 morphologically complex nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs whose derivation cannot be described gradually, 33 of which are unique formations or hapax legomena according to the attestations provided by the Dictionary of Old English Corpus. The main conclusion is that the specification of short-distance and long-distance morphological relatedness provides the Old English treebank with a paradigmatic dimension that can be particularly relevant for languages with relatively generalised and transparent derivational morphology

Dependency (UML · Natural language processing · Treebank · Computer Science · Lexicography and Language Studies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence

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