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http://dx.doi.org/10.5391/JKIIS.2014.24.2.117

A minimal pair searching tool based on dictionary  

Kim, Tae-Hoon (Dept. of Computer Science, Seokyeong University)
Lee, Jae-Ho (Dept. of Korean Language and Literature, Korea University)
Chang, Moon-Soo (Dept. of Computer Science, Seokyeong University)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems / v.24, no.2, 2014 , pp. 117-122 More about this Journal
Abstract
The minimal pairs mean the pairs that have same phonotactics except just one sound in the sequences cause different lexical items. This paper proposes the searching tool of minimal pairs for efficiency of phonological researches with minimal pairs. We suggest a guide to develop Korean minimal pair searching programs by comparing to other programs. Proposing tool has user-friendly interface, minimizing key inputs, for linguistics who are not fluent in computer programs. And it serves the function which classifies the words in dictionary for the detailed researches. And for efficiency, it increases speed of dictionary loading by separating syllables through Unicode analysis, and optimizes dictionary structure for searching efficiency. The searching algorithm gains in speed by hashing algorithm using syllable counts. In our tool, the speed is improved more than earlier version about 5 times at converting dictionary and about 3 times at searching.
Keywords
Minimal pair; Syllable; Phoneme; Phoneme separation; Dictionary;
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