Lexicalization and Multiword Expressions in the Basque WordNet

In this paper we propose a solution for the representation of a wide range of multiword expressions 1 (lexicalized or not) in the Basque WordNet. We first argue in favor of including non-lexicalized multiword expressions, and propose very simple criteria based on existing dictionaries to mark those that are lexicalized from those that are not. We then motivate and propose a representation based in EuroWordNet relations to represent the inner structure of them. This rich representation will allow for further populating the MEANING Multilingual Central Repository with additional semantic relations.

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