Re: [OT] other forms of the word in english



On Mon, 7 Feb 2011, Hollow Quincy wrote:

I'm looking for an aplication / dictionary that would find other forms of the word in english. E.g. I would give word "love" it will returns loved, loving, lovely etc. Have you ever met something like that ?

It's called 'stemming'. Or rather, stemming is going the other way - reducing words to their basic form - but it gets you where you want to go.

I don't know of any software or databases for doing stemming, but knowing what it's called, it should be easier for you to find out about them yourself. It's an old and honourable field, and there's a lot to read.

tom

--
Destroy! DESTROY! DEEEEEEE-STROY 2000 YEARS OF CULTCHAH!! -- Andrew
.



Relevant Pages

  • Re: lemmatization
    ... Hollow Quincy wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: ... of the word in english. ... I would give word "love" it will returns loved, loving, lovely etc. ...
    (comp.os.linux.setup)
  • Re: [OT] other forms of the word in english
    ... Hollow Quincy wrote: ... of the word in english. ... I would give word "love" it will returns loved, loving, lovely ...
    (comp.unix.programmer)
  • Re: [OT] other forms of the word in english
    ... Hollow Quincy wrote: ... of the word in english. ... I would give word "love" it will returns loved, loving, lovely ... Ceci n'est pas une fenêtre. ...
    (comp.lang.java.help)
  • Re: AGW "experts" - Know Thyselves
    ... keener to DESTROY their 'evidence' than reveal it to the public. ... Is that your idea of science? ... FYI I have TWO English 'O levels'. ... seem to have been acted on, does it, so there's no legal offense to ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: The Haka
    ... In truth the English destroyed as much as they could of ... Scots and Irish culture and then sent them to do the same ... and Welsh did not destroy their own culture (although a case may be made ...
    (rec.sport.rugby.union)