Empirical Data And Automatic Analysis

1. M o r e t h a n t e n y e a r s h a v e p a s s e d s i n c e t he R e v e r s e a l p h a b e t i z e d D i c t i o n a r y of t h e H u n g a r i a n L a n g u a g e ( s e e P a p p 1969) w a s p u b l i s h e d a s t h e f i r s t mnajor d o c u m e n t of t he c o m p u t e r p r o c e s s i n g of A M a g y a r N y e l v t ~ r t e l m e z 6 S z 6 t ~ r a ( the E x p l a n a t o r y D i c t i o n a r y of t he H u n g a r i a n L a n g u a g e ) . In t h e c o u r s e of t h i s w o r k q u i t e a lo t of g r a m m a t i c a l l y r e l e v a n t i n f o r m a t i o n r e n d e r e d by t he cca . 60 t h o u s a n d e n t r y w o r d s of t he s o u r c e d i c t i o n a r y w a s r e g i s t e r e d , e . g . how m a n y s t e m s t h e e n t r y w o r d c o n s i s t s of; w h e t h e r it h a s an a f f ix and w h e r e i t i s ; wha t s t y l e it r e p r e s e n t s , w h a t e t y m o l o g i c a l e x p l a n a t i o n i t i s g i v e n , and m a i n l y : wha t i m p o r t a n t m o r p h o l o g i c a l and (wi th v e r b s ) s y n t a c t i c c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s i t h a s , w h i c h p a r t of s p e e c h i t b e l o n g s to , e t c . On t h e b a s i s of t he c o d e d m o r p h o l o g i c a l f e a t u r e s t h e a u t o m a t i c s y n t h e s i s of t h e f o r m s of t h e s e 60 t h o u s a n d W o r d s b e c o m e s d i r e c t l y p o s s i b l e and t h e a u t o m a t i c a n a l y s i s of H u n g a r i a n t e x t s c a n be c a r r i e d ou t i n d i r e c t l y . (NB. i t i s a l w a y s t h e s y n t h e s i s t h a t t h e p r o c e s s i n g of d i c t i o n a r i e s m a k e s d i r e c t l y p o s s i b l e , s e e , e . g . Z a l i z n j a k ' s o u t s t a n d i n g w o r k ~ 9 7 7 ] w h i c h a f f o r d s an e x c e l l e n t o p p o r t u n i t y f o r t h e m o r p h o l o g i c a l s y n t h e s i s o f t h e c c a , 100 t h o u s a n d R u s s i a n e n t r 3w o r d s l i s t e d in i t . ) Be low I a m g o i n g to s h o w a d i r e c t and c o n c r e t e p o t e n t i a l f o r a p p l i c a t i o n (1.__~1) and I a l s o w i s h to d e m o n s t r a t e wha t g e n e r a l r e s u l t s c a n be g a i n e d f r o m the p o s s i b i l i t y of t h e f l e x i b l e and m a n y s i d e d comput~er p r o c e s s i n g of a g r e a t n u m b e r o f w o r d s , i n d i c a t i n g in wha t w a y t h e r e s u l t s g a i n e d c a n i n f l u e n c e t h e w h o l e s t r a t e g y of o u r a u t o m a t i c a n a l y s i s (1 .2~ .