Micro-model definition: types of lexical information

A lexical micro-model is a specification of the attributes according to which lexical entry in a terminological or other lexicon can be partially or fully specified. Technically, an attribute is, for lexicological purposes, a partial function assigning a property to a lexical object, in particular to a lexical lemma.

More concretely, the micro-model defines the content of a lexical entry and thereby provides a definition for the lexical entry in terms of its properties.

The micro-model will be developed selectively and gradually from the following tree-structured sign-oriented specification:

1. Surface properties:
   1. Spelling (orthographic representation)
   2. Pronunciation (Phonological representation)
   3. Inflectional paradigm class
2. Structural properties:
   1. Part of Speech (specifications of varying granularity)
   2. Word formation type
   3. Word formation structure
   4. Specification of lexicalisation in terms of
      1. partial compositionality
      2. contextual restrictions
3. Content properties:
   1. Definition by genus proximum et differentia specifica
   2. Characterisation by semantic relations to other entries
   3. Specification in terms of semantic components
   4. Formal definition as structure or equation
   5. Interpretation function in a conceptual/material model
   6. Idiosyncratic constraints
   7. Extensional prototypes:
      1. Graphical representation of semantic relations
      2. Graphical representation of conceptual or material model
      3. Audio prototype for sound (noise or pronunciation)
4. Usage
   1. Prototypic examples
   2. Attested corpus source occurrences
5. Status
   1. Standardisation status
   2. Recommendations

The currently implemented micromodel contains the following data categories as fields in the EAGLET database relation:

1. Form: Orthography
2. Form: Pronunciation
3. Form: Part of speech
4. Form: Structure
5. Form: Inflections
6. Semantics: hyperonyms
7. Semantics: hyponyms
8. Semantics: synonyms
9. Semantics: antonyms
10. Semantics: genera proxima
11. Semantics: differentia specifica
12. Examples: text
13. Examples: graphic models
14. Examples: audio models
15. Examples: formulas
16. Examples: concordance