Patent ID: 6754617
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for automatic determination whether a word type is a solid compound word, comprising the steps of:a) looking up a word type in an electronically stored list of known word types that comprises an indication for each known word type of whether or not it is a know solid compound word and an indication for each known solid compound word of its main division point; b1) determining, when said word type is found in said electronically stored list of known word types, whether said word type is a known solid compound word or not in accordance with the indication in said electronically stored list of known word types; b2) determining, when said word type is a known solid compound word, that said word type has the main division point according to said list of known solid compound words; c) looking up, when said word type is not found in said electronically stored list of known word types, for each possible division of said word type into a prefix and a suffix, said prefix in an electronically stored list of known prefixes of solid compound words of a word class and said suffix in an electrically stored list of known suffixes of solid compound words of said word class; d1) determining, when a prefix, associated with a division, is found in said electronically stored list of known prefixes of solid compound words of said word class and a suffix, associated with said division, is found in said electronically stored list of known suffixes of solid compound words or said word class, that said word type is a solid compound word of said word class; d2) determining, when said word type is a solid compound word of said word class, that it has its main division point between said prefix and said suffix; and e) repeating, when said word type has not been determined to be a solid compound word, steps c), d1) and d2) for each of a number of different word classes.