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Extensive data for morphology: using the World Wide Web

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2008

NABIL HATHOUT ,
FABIO MONTERMINI  and
LUDOVIC TANGUY
NABIL HATHOUT
Affiliation:
CLLE-ERSS (UMR 5263) Université de Toulouse & CNRS
FABIO MONTERMINI*
Affiliation:
CLLE-ERSS (UMR 5263) Université de Toulouse & CNRS
LUDOVIC TANGUY
Affiliation:
CLLE-ERSS (UMR 5263) Université de Toulouse & CNRS
*
Address for correspondence: Fabio Montermini, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, Maison de la Recherche, 5, allées Antonio Machado, F-31058 Toulouse Cedex 9, France e-mail: fabio.montermini@univ-tlse2.fr
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Abstract

This paper presents a number of recent studies in French morphology which make extensive use of data. These data relating to derived words have been automatically collected from digital corpora, mostly from the Web. The main point developed here is that this massive increase in the amount of available data can substantially modify the results of a morphological study, and can lead to new theoretical conclusions that would not have been possible with traditional data such as wordlists gathered from dictionaries. However, using the Web as a corpus brings up several technical and methodological questions, which are dealt with through examples and discussions about the different tools and techniques available. We exemplify our thesis through the study of the suffixal forms: -esque, -este, -able, -ment.

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Journal of French Language Studies , Volume 18 , Issue 1: Le français à la lumière des corpus , March 2008 , pp. 67 - 85
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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