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A finite-state morphological grammar of Hebrew

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2008

S. YONA  and
S. WINTNER
S. YONA
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, University of Haifa, 31905 Haifa, Israel e-mail: shlomo@cs.haifa.ac.il, shuly@cs.haifa.ac.il
S. WINTNER
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, University of Haifa, 31905 Haifa, Israel e-mail: shlomo@cs.haifa.ac.il, shuly@cs.haifa.ac.il
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Abstract

Morphological analysis is a crucial component of several natural language processing tasks, especially for languages with a highly productive morphology, where stipulating a full lexicon of surface forms is not feasible. This paper describes HAMSAH (HAifa Morphological System for Analyzing Hebrew), a morphological processor for Modern Hebrew, based on finite-state linguistically motivated rules and a broad coverage lexicon. The set of rules comprehensively covers the morphological, morpho-phonological and orthographic phenomena that are observable in contemporary Hebrew texts. Reliance on finite-state technology facilitates the construction of a highly efficient, completely bidirectional system for analysis and generation.

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Natural Language Engineering , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 173 - 190
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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