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Re: Shoebox!

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...>
Date:Thursday, July 20, 2000, 13:10
* Danny Wier <dawier@...> [000720 09:31]:
> --- The Gray Wizard <dbell@...> wrote: > > > Is anyone on the list using Shoebox from SIL for lexicon management. > > I started playing with it a few days ago and what a joy! My approach > > was to import some amman iar sentences and have Shoebox attempt > > interlinear translation. In the process, I would enter the required > > roots and affixes (both derivational and inflectional) into the > > lexicon, thereby "training" the parser. I was amazed at how quickly > > the parser became "smart" enough to "automagically" > > Automagically! Another neologism! That's fantabulous!
Not a neologism in computer-circles... http://www.science.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/a/automagically.html t.