Translating near-synonyms: Possibilities and preferences in the interlingua

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dc.creatorEdmonds, Philip
dc.date1998-11-02
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dc.descriptionThis paper argues that an interlingual representation must explicitly represent some parts of the meaning of a situation as possibilities (or preferences), not as necessary or definite components of meaning (or constraints). Possibilities enable the analysis and generation of nuance, something required for faithful translation. Furthermore, the representation of the meaning of words, especially of near-synonyms, is crucial, because it specifies which nuances words can convey in which contexts.
dc.description8 pages, LaTeX2e, 1 eps figure, uses colacl.sty, epsfig.sty, avm.sty, times.sty
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9811008
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9811008
dc.identifierProceedings of the AMTA/SIG-IL Second Workshop on Interlinguas, October 1998
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/33080
dc.subjectComputation and Language
dc.subjectI.2.7; I.2.4
dc.titleTranslating near-synonyms: Possibilities and preferences in the interlingua
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