A LEXICAL ANALYZER FOR ARABIC

Practical natural language processing (NLP) systems such as database front-ends, deductive databases or object-oriented databases are at the forefront of research into the next-generation intelligent database systems. The research described in this paper has been aimed at integrating front-end paradigms and rule-based deduction to provide a single powerful framework for database systems in Arabic. The lexicon stores only roots of verbs and uses a program intelligent enough to handle all derived forms automatically. This is significant, as these alone represent 70% of the total dictionary. As part of the discussion of this system, its utility in such NLP applications as parsing and machine translation is examined. © 1993 Academic Press. All rights reserved.