word
Let an agent explain the word as a linguistic unit, relay how linguists define and identify words from linguistics sources with attribution, describe the word types and relations the registry aliases name, and distinguish words from morphemes, lexemes, phrases and word in computing, recognizing that the aliases are not all hyponyms.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a word is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a word, and how does it differ from morphemes, lexemes, phrases and computer words? definition
- Is the question about linguistics, a word relation, wordplay or computing? boundary
Types
Word types and relations.
Types
Types.
- What are anagrams, anaphors, antonyms and paronyms? definition
- Which entry fits the specific type? action
Linguistics Linguistics.
Criteria
Defining words.
Criteria
Criteria.
- What phonological, grammatical and orthographic criteria define words, and what are the difficulties, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Relations
Lexical relations.
Relations
Relations.
- How do synonymy, antonymy and other relations organise vocabulary? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Usage Usage.
Dictionaries
Dictionaries.
Dictionaries
Dictionaries.
- How do dictionaries decide what counts as a word? provenance
- Which entry fits lexicography? action
Wordplay
Wordplay.
Wordplay
Wordplay.
- How are anagrams and other wordplay used? provenance
- Which entry fits word game? action
Context Other senses.
Computing
Computer word.
Computing
Computing.
- What is a word in computer architecture? provenance
- Which entry fits word (computer architecture)? action
Languages
Across languages.
Languages
Languages.
- How do polysynthetic and isolating languages challenge the word concept? provenance
- Which entry fits polysynthetic language? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- noun.communication
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Facets: substance
- information
- Facets: origin
- conceptual
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- readable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- anagram, anaphor, antonym, opposite word, opposite, paronym, back-formation, blend, portmanteau word, portmanteau, charade, cognate
What it is Filled
In the WordNet sense, a unit of language that native speakers can identify, combining form and meaning, the basic element of vocabulary, with many kinds and relations named in the registry aliases, such as anagrams formed by rearranging letters, anaphors that refer back to earlier expressions, antonyms or opposites with contrary meanings and paronyms with similar form; these are types of words or word relations rather than synonyms of word.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the word as a linguistic unit, relay how linguists define and identify words from linguistics sources with attribution, describe the word types and relations the registry aliases name, and distinguish words from morphemes, lexemes, phrases and word in computing, recognizing that the aliases are not all hyponyms.
Distinguishing features Filled
- A word combines form and meaning.
- Words are hard to define universally.
- Words participate in many relations.
- The registry aliases name word types or word relations rather than uniformly naming hyponyms.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Assume spaces mark words in every writing system.
- Treat hyponyms as synonyms in definitions or translations.
- Present slurs as neutral words without noting their harm.
Only with a human decision
- Deciding wording in legal, medical or official texts where a word changes meaning.
May
- Explain what a word is and how linguists identify words across languages.
- Distinguish word relations such as synonyms, hyponyms and homonyms.
Moral aspects Filled
- Words can wound; slurs and labels carry real harm.
- Language tools built for a few languages misrepresent others.
Who is affected
- Speakers of all languages
- Groups targeted by slurs
- Learners
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns words; they belong to the speakers of each language.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-06294878-n - registry parent class
related
- language unit - in WordNet terms
- morpheme
- lexeme
- antonym
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.word
- Open English WordNet: oewn-06297048-n
- WordNet: oewn-06294878-n hypernym of word
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- WordNet hypernym: language unit note
- English vocabulary: hundreds of thousands of words note - dictionary estimates
- orthographic word: separated by spaces in many scripts note - not universal
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Identifiable unit of language
- Anagram, anaphor, antonym, opposite, paronym
- Morphemes are smaller meaningful units; lexemes are abstract dictionary units; phrases are groups of words; a computer word is a data size
- Not a visible object; spoken or written forms.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the unit
- relay definitions with attribution
- describe word types and relations
- distinguish related units
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Assuming spaces define words in all languages
- Treating hyponyms as synonyms
- Confusing linguistic and computing senses
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- No regulation
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a unit of language.
- content and function words
- word relations such as antonyms and paronyms
- wordplay forms such as anagrams
- referring expressions such as anaphors
- compound and derived words
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-06297048-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: word - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should antonym and anaphor be linked as separate entries?
- How should linguistics sources be linked?
- The registry aliases are word types and relations and should be recorded as such
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-word/spec.json