WordNet.PT global – Extending WordNet.PT to Portuguese varieties
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This paper reports the results of the WordNet.PTglobal project, an extension of WordNet.PT to all Portuguese varieties. Profiting from a theoretical model of high level explanatory adequacy and from a convenient and flexible development tool, WordNet.PTglobal achieves a rich and multipurpose lexical resource, suitable for contrastive studies and for a vast range of language-based applications covering all Portuguese varieties.
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