Standardization in the Lexicon

Lexicons, as described in the previous chapter, are a valuable resource, not only for wordclass tagging but also for many other applications in the broad area of language engineering (LE), which encompasses fields such as computational linguistics and Natural Language Processing (NLP). Furthermore, the last decade in particular has seen an increasing use of corpora for computational lexicography, other corpus-based research and development of applications, all of which has led to the general recognition of the value of ‘authentic’ data.