Computer aided lexicon processing

1. Linguistic analysis:
   • morphological paradigm definition (standard categories)
   • lemmatisation
   • syntactic analysis (standard categories)
   • semantic analysis (standard categories)
   • pragmatic (functional, sociolinguistic) analysis
2. Lexical database design:
   • Macrostructure definition
   • Microstructure definition
3. Three phases of lexical database construction:
   • Input
   • Verification
   • Modification
4. Presentation of lexical information
   • Access: by key, attribute, entry filter
   • Re-formatting: for other databases, print, hypertext
   • Dissemination: electronic publishing, CD-ROM, World Wide Web