Extracting and Formalizing Criminal-law Terminology Using DEXTER

Authors

  • Ángela Alameda Hernández Universidad de Granada
  • Pedro Ureña Gómez-Moreno Universidad de Granada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58859/rael.v21i1.495

Keywords:

DEXTER, FunGramKB, criminal law, terminological extraction

Abstract

In this article we discuss the processes of terminology extraction and specialized knowledge conceptualization taking the field of criminal law as an illustrative case in point. Regarding the first process, we provide an overview of DEXTER, a tool that has proven effective in detecting specialized units from a collection of texts with minimal effort on the part of the user. Regarding the conceptualization phase, this article illustrates the conceptual definition of some representative units belonging to the field of "criminal offenders". The purpose of conceptual modeling along these lines is the inclusion of specialized units of thought into a knowledge base known as FunGramKB. The aim of this paper is to show that the combination of an extractor such as DEXTER with the semantic expressiveness of FunGramKB constitutes a solid basis for the improvement of specialized technological tools aimed at jurists, legal specialists, or other practitioners interested in legal terminology.

Author Biographies

Ángela Alameda Hernández, Universidad de Granada

Ángela Alameda Hernández es Profesora en el Departamento de Filologías Inglesa y Alemana de la Universidad de Granada.  Sus líneas de investigación son el análisis del discurso y la terminología, orientada a la elaboración de una base de conocimiento para el desarrollo de aplicaciones en el ámbito del Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural, así como de un sistema inteligente multimodal basado en crowdsensing.

Pedro Ureña Gómez-Moreno, Universidad de Granada

Pedro Ureña Gómez-Moreno es profesor del Departamento de Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura en la Universidad de Granada, donde desarrolla la mayor parte de su actividad investigadora y docente. Su investigación se centra en las áreas de la Morfosintaxis y la Lexicología desde la perspectiva del Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural (PLN) y la Lingüística de Corpus.

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Published

2023-01-31

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2022): January - December 2022

Section

Artículos Nuevos

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