| Title |
Finding the Correct Interpretation of Swedish Compounds a Statistical Approach |
| Author(s) |
Jonas Sjöbergh, Viggo Kann KTH Nada, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Session |
O24-TW |
| Abstract |
This paper treats compound splitting for Swedish, where compounding is productive and very common. A method for splitting compounds and several methods for choosing the correct interpretation of ambiguous compounds are presented. 99% of all compounds are split, 97% of these are correctly interpreted. |
| Keyword(s) |
statistical methods, compounds, disambiguation, spell checking, Swedish |
| Language(s) | Swedish |
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