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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2000
Gary Kacmarcik, Bothell, WA (US);
Christopher J. Brockett, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A lattice data structure suitable for storage on a computer-readable medium is provided which represents a plurality of orthographic forms of a Japanese lexical entry. The lattice includes a plurality of data fields each adapted to hold data representing a word element of the entry. Each data field includes a first subfield containing data representing a primary form of the corresponding word element and a second field containing data representing an alternate form of the corresponding word element. Also provided is a method of normalizing Japanese lexical entries to produce a normalized form that includes the primary form of each word-element representation of the lattice and does not include the alternate forms. Also provided are methods of segmenting text using the disclosed lattice.