Each lexical expression in a language has its own history: elements of a language are the result of several linguistic processes and may descend from expressions of other languages. In this paper, we propose an ontology to represent linguistic phenomena, in particular those that have changed over time the pronunciation or morphology of lexical elements. Then, this ontology is applied to the study of some Gallo-Italic varieties spoken in Sicily. In more details, the linguistic phenomena that have generated the lexical expressions in these languages from Latin etymons have been encoded with our ontology. In addition, an operational actionable description, based on regular expressions, has been provided for a relevant amount of these phenomena.

An OWL Ontology for Linguistic Phenomena with Applications to Gallo-Italic Dialects in Sicily

Cantone D.
;
Di Caro V. N.
;
Longo C.
;
Menza S.
;
Santamaria D. F.
2024-01-01

Abstract

Each lexical expression in a language has its own history: elements of a language are the result of several linguistic processes and may descend from expressions of other languages. In this paper, we propose an ontology to represent linguistic phenomena, in particular those that have changed over time the pronunciation or morphology of lexical elements. Then, this ontology is applied to the study of some Gallo-Italic varieties spoken in Sicily. In more details, the linguistic phenomena that have generated the lexical expressions in these languages from Latin etymons have been encoded with our ontology. In addition, an operational actionable description, based on regular expressions, has been provided for a relevant amount of these phenomena.
2024
Gallo-Italic languages
Historical Linguistics
Language Contact Theory
OWL
Semantic Web
Sicilian
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