Semantics and Lexicography: Towards a New Type of Unilingual Dictionary

In this paper we shall be concerned with the lexicographic implications of the semantic model aiming at automatic synthesis of natural (Russian) texts. The general design of the model and its main components (a deep vocabulary and syntax and a system of semantic equations generating sets of synonymous Russian sentences for every input meaning) are outlined elsewhere.1 We assume at least a superficial knowledge of the relevant details on the part of the reader and in the present publication limit ourselves to a rather sketchy outline of a special type of dictionary underlying the ‘meaning-text’ model in question.