Multiword expressions (MWEs) are a class of linguistic forms spanning conventional word
boundaries that are both idiosyncratic and pervasive across different languages. The …

This paper presents a new linguistic resource for the generation of paraphrases in
Portuguese, based on the lexicon-grammar framework. The resource components include:(i) …

This paper describes a system to assist the selection of adequate reading materials to
support European Portuguese teaching, especially as second language, while highlighting …

This paper presents the current state of ViPEr, the Lexicon-Grammar of European
Portuguese verbs, a database with distributional, syntactic and semantic properties of the …

This paper reports on-going work on building a rule-based grammar for (European)
Portuguese, incorporating support verb constructions (SVC). The paper focuses on parsing …

This paper presents ViPEr, the lexicon-grammar of European Portuguese verbs, a database
with the main relevant syntactic and semantic information on the construction of about 5, 000 …

Chronic pain is recognized as a major health problem, with impacts at the economic, social,
and individual levels. Being a private and subjective experience, it is impossible to …

This paper reports our first attempt of integrating eSPERTo's paraphrastic engine, which is
based on NooJ platform, with two application scenarios: a conversational agent, and a …

Natural language interfaces to databases (NLIDB) allow end-users with no knowledge of a
formal language like SQL to query databases. One of the main open problems currently …

O principal objetivo deste estudo é apresentar o 'mínimo paremiológico'do português
europeu, isto é, a lista dos provérbios mais conhecidos e mais frequentemente utilizados …