Investigations of Synonym Replacement for Swedish
We present results from an investigation on automatic synonym replacement for Swedish. Three different methods for choosing alternative synonyms were evaluated: (1) based on word frequency, (2) based on word length, and (3) based on level of synonymy. These three strategies were evaluated in terms...
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We present results from an investigation on automatic synonym replacement for Swedish. Three different methods for choosing alternative synonyms were evaluated: (1) based on word frequency, (2) based on word length, and (3) based on level of synonymy. These three strategies were evaluated in terms of standardized readability metrics for Swedish, average word length, proportion of long words, and in relation to the ratio of errors in relation to replacements. The results show an improvement in readability for most strategies, but also show that erroneous substitutions are frequent.
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spelling | doaj-art-8fb36c9989e146f5af7e73032cd9d6712025-01-23T10:36:34ZengLinköping University Electronic PressNorthern European Journal of Language Technology2000-15332013-12-013Investigations of Synonym Replacement for SwedishRobin Keskisärkkä0Arne Jönsson1Santa Anna IT Research Institute AB, Linköping, SwedenSanta Anna IT Research Institute AB, Linköping, Sweden We present results from an investigation on automatic synonym replacement for Swedish. Three different methods for choosing alternative synonyms were evaluated: (1) based on word frequency, (2) based on word length, and (3) based on level of synonymy. These three strategies were evaluated in terms of standardized readability metrics for Swedish, average word length, proportion of long words, and in relation to the ratio of errors in relation to replacements. The results show an improvement in readability for most strategies, but also show that erroneous substitutions are frequent. https://nejlt.ep.liu.se/article/view/1655 |
spellingShingle | Robin Keskisärkkä Arne Jönsson Investigations of Synonym Replacement for Swedish Northern European Journal of Language Technology |
title | Investigations of Synonym Replacement for Swedish |
title_full | Investigations of Synonym Replacement for Swedish |
title_fullStr | Investigations of Synonym Replacement for Swedish |
title_full_unstemmed | Investigations of Synonym Replacement for Swedish |
title_short | Investigations of Synonym Replacement for Swedish |
title_sort | investigations of synonym replacement for swedish |
url | https://nejlt.ep.liu.se/article/view/1655 |
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