Morphosemantic Analysis of -ITIS Forms in Medical Language

This paper describes an automated procedure for morphosemantic analysis and semantic interpretation of medical compound word forms ending in -ITIS. The requirements for morphosemantic analysis of -ITIS forms include : a) semantic classification of morphosemantic constituents forming -ITIS word forms, b) establishment of morphosemantic distribution patterns occurring in -ITIS forms, c) preparation of paraphrasing rules.

Diese Arbeit beschreibt ein automatisches Verfahren zur morphosemantischen Analyse und semantischen Interpretation von medizinischen zusammengesetzten Wortformen, die auf -ITIS enden. Die Erfordernisse für die morphosemantische Analyse von -ITIS-Formen beinhalten: a) semantische Klassifikation morphosemantischer Bestandteile, welche -ITIS-Wortformen bilden; b) Feststellung morphosemantischer Verteilungsmuster, wie sie in -ITIS-Formen vorkommen; c) Vorbereitung von Paraphrasierregpln.

Key-Words:

Medical Language - Morphosemantics - Automated Compound Word Segmentation - Paraphrasing

Schlüssel-Wörter:

Medizinische Sprache - Morphosemantik - automatische Segmentierung zusammengesetzter Wörter - Paraphrasierung

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