Hacia la verificación de diccionarios explicativos asistidos por computadora

Abstract

An explanatory dictionary is a complex system with numerous relations between the elements located in different places in its text, as well as between the definitions and the live usage of the words in language. This makes it very difficult to manually detect certain types of defects in the dictionary, such as vicious circles in the system of the definitions, an inconsistent inventory of the words used in the definitions (defining vocabulary), inconsistent or insufficient definitions, incorrect subdivision of the entries into word senses, inconsistent synonymy and antonymy marks, etc. In this paper we explain how computational algorithms can help in the quality control of the dictionary and its interactive development, as well as present the corresponding software tool.