Computational Morphology and Lexicography Modeling of Modern Standard Arabic Nominals
Christian Khairallah, Reham Marzouk, Salam Khalifa, Mayar Nassar, Nizar Habash
TL;DR
A recently proposed morphological framework is leveraged to build a comprehensive and extensible model for MSA nominals, which addresses the nominals’ intricate morphotactics, as well as their paradigmatic irregularities.
Abstract
Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) nominals present many morphological and lexical modeling challenges that have not been consistently addressed previously. This paper attempts to define the space of such challenges, and leverage a recently proposed morphological framework to build a comprehensive and extensible model for MSA nominals. Our model design addresses the nominals' intricate morphotactics, as well as their paradigmatic irregularities. Our implementation showcases enhanced accuracy and consistency compared to a commonly used MSA morphological analyzer and generator. We make our models publicly available.