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WordNet

info

official WordNet webpage

history of WordNet

George A. Miller is initiator of WordNet, from two different fields, he worked on a computational lexicon:

   * AI
       - George A. Miller + Philip N. Johnson-Laird
       - componential lexicon
           --> looking for significant atoms
       - ±1976 - 1985

   * Cognitive Studies, Psychology
       - relational lexicon
           --> IS-A-KIND-OF relations
       - ±1985 and onwards
       WordNet developed at Princeton University, at Cognitive Studies

related

* WordNet project at PZ
* Using WordNet to Measure Semantic Orientations of Adjectives
* book about WordNet

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