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Lexique 2: a new French lexical database.

Boris New1, Christophe Pallier, Marc Brysbaert

  • 1Royal Holloway, University of London, London, England. boris.new@univ-paris5.fr

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers : a Journal of the Psychonomic Society, Inc
|January 12, 2005
PubMed
Summary

This study introduces Lexique, a new French lexical database featuring contemporary word frequencies from text corpora and web data. It offers unique graphemic and lemma-based tables, open licensing, and a metasearch engine for expanded linguistic research.

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Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Lexicography

Background:

  • Existing French lexical resources lack comprehensive frequency data.
  • Need for a flexible, community-contributable linguistic database.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce Lexique, a novel lexical database for the French language.
  • Enhance linguistic research with advanced word frequency metrics and structural organization.
  • Facilitate collaborative development and integration of lexical resources.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a lexical database (Lexique) for French.
  • Integrated word frequencies from a contemporary text corpus and web page counts.
  • Structured data into graphemic, lemma-based, and surface frequency tables.

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  • Created a metasearch engine (Open Lexique) for database expansion.

    • Main Results:

    • Lexique provides detailed lexical information including gender, number, and grammatical category.
    • Novel word frequency data based on corpus and web presence.
    • Database offers multiple organizational structures (graphemic, lemma).
    • Open licensing encourages community contributions and database expansion.

    Conclusions:

    • Lexique represents a significant advancement in French lexical resources.
    • The database's design supports diverse linguistic analyses and research.
    • Open accessibility and collaborative features promote ongoing development and wider adoption.