Semantic annotation of Italian legal texts
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Giulia Venturi
Abstract
The FrameNet approach to text semantic annotation can be a reliable model to make the linguistic information and semantic content of legal texts explicit. This hypothesis is discussed and empirically demonstrated through a trial of annotating a corpus of Italian legal texts. This study aims to show that FrameNet is particularly appropriate to provide new perspectives for legal language studies and for legal knowledge representation tasks. Moreover, by relying on the output of a statistical dependency parser, the FrameNet-based annotation methodology presented here can be used successfully in the automatic semantic processing of legal texts.
Abstract
The FrameNet approach to text semantic annotation can be a reliable model to make the linguistic information and semantic content of legal texts explicit. This hypothesis is discussed and empirically demonstrated through a trial of annotating a corpus of Italian legal texts. This study aims to show that FrameNet is particularly appropriate to provide new perspectives for legal language studies and for legal knowledge representation tasks. Moreover, by relying on the output of a statistical dependency parser, the FrameNet-based annotation methodology presented here can be used successfully in the automatic semantic processing of legal texts.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Advances in Frame Semantics 1
- Verbs of visual perception in Italian FrameNet 13
- Semantic annotation of Italian legal texts 51
- Frames and the experiential basis of the Moving Time metaphor 85
- FrameNet as a resource for paraphrase research 109
- A frame-based approach to connectives 133
- Interactional frames and grammatical descriptions 159
- Beyond the sentence 183
- Index 207
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Advances in Frame Semantics 1
- Verbs of visual perception in Italian FrameNet 13
- Semantic annotation of Italian legal texts 51
- Frames and the experiential basis of the Moving Time metaphor 85
- FrameNet as a resource for paraphrase research 109
- A frame-based approach to connectives 133
- Interactional frames and grammatical descriptions 159
- Beyond the sentence 183
- Index 207
