This paper presents a model of morphological analysis which, unlike practically all other approaches to computational morphology, does not rely on a large dictionary of stems. Consequently, the effort to acquire the static knowledge sources for systems based on this model is significantly smaller. The model is motivated by engineering concerns: the considerations of economy and efficiency led to the use of non-traditional definitions of morphemes. The model has been implemented in the RDM system in the framework of the Corelli project at CRL. It was initially done on Russian material and then successfully applied to Serbo-Croatian. Examples in this paper are mainly from RDM-Russian.
['Svetlana Sheremetyeva', 'Wanying Jin', 'Sergei Nirenburg']
Rapid Deployment Morphology