2000-05-01 02:40:51 +00:00
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WordNet is a powerful lexical reference system that combines aspects of
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dictionaries and thesauri with current psycholinguistic theories of
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human lexical memory. It is produced by the Cognitive Science Laboratory
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at Princeton University, under the direction of Professor George Miller.
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In WordNet, words are defined and grouped into various related sets of
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synonyms. Not only is the system valuable to the casual user as a
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powerful thesaurus and dictionary, but also to the researcher as one of
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the few freely available, lexical databases. WordNet is available via an
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on-line interface and also as easy-to-compile C source code for Unix.
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2000-10-03 15:17:16 +00:00
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WWW: http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/
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