VISCOSE - a Kanji Dictionary Enriched with VISual, COmpositional, and SEmantic Information

Werner Winiwarter, Bartholomäus Wloka


Abstract
In this paper, we present a novel approach for building kanji dictionaries by enriching the lexical data of 3,500 kanji with images, structural decompositions, and semantically based cross-media mappings from the textual to the visual dimension. Our kanji dictionary is part of a Web-based contextual language learning environment based on augmented browsing technology. We display our multimodal kanji information as kanji cards in the Web browser, offering a versatile representation that can be integrated into other advanced creative language learning applications, such as memorization puzzles, creative storytelling assignments, or educational games.
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2022.cogalex-1.9
Volume:
Proceedings of the Workshop on Cognitive Aspects of the Lexicon
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November
Year:
2022
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Taipei, Taiwan
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Michael Zock, Emmanuele Chersoni, Yu-Yin Hsu, Enrico Santus
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CogALex
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SIGLEX
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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68–77
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https://aclanthology.org/2022.cogalex-1.9
DOI:
10.18653/v1/2022.cogalex-1.9
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Werner Winiwarter and Bartholomäus Wloka. 2022. VISCOSE - a Kanji Dictionary Enriched with VISual, COmpositional, and SEmantic Information. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Cognitive Aspects of the Lexicon, pages 68–77, Taipei, Taiwan. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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VISCOSE - a Kanji Dictionary Enriched with VISual, COmpositional, and SEmantic Information (Winiwarter & Wloka, CogALex 2022)
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