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PC-KIMMO-based Description of Mongolian Morphology

  • Jaimai, Purev (School of Information Technology, National University of Mongolia) ;
  • Zundui, Tsolmon (School of Information Technology, National University of Mongolia) ;
  • Chagnaa, Altangerel (School of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Ock, Cheol-Young (School of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, University of Ulsan)
  • Published : 2005.12.01
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Abstract

This paper presents the development of a morphological processor for the Mongolian language, based on the two-level morphological model which was introduced by Koskenniemi. The aim of the study is to provide Mongolian syntactic parsers with more effective information on word structure of Mongolian words. First hand written rules that are the core of this model are compiled into finite-state transducers by a rule tool. Output of the compiler was edited to clarity by hand whenever necessary. The rules file and lexicon presented in the paper describe the morphology of Mongolian nouns, adjectives and verbs. Although the rules illustrated are not sufficient for accounting all the processes of Mongolian lexical phonology, other necessary rules can be easily added when new words are supplemented to the lexicon file. The theoretical consideration of the paper is concluded in representation of the morphological phenomena of Mongolian by the general, language-independent framework of the two-level morphological model.

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