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Developing a Frame-Based Lexicon for the Brazilian Legal Language: The Case of the Criminal_Process Frame

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AI Approaches to the Complexity of Legal Systems. Models and Ethical Challenges for Legal Systems, Legal Language and Legal Ontologies, Argumentation and Software Agents (AICOL 2011)

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The FrameNet database has been used for semantic tagging and multilingual lexicon development. This paper describes the initial steps in the development of a lexicographic project that aims to build a legal frame-based lexicon for the Brazilian legal language. First, we discuss the FrameNet lexical analysis methodology. Second, we present the Criminal_process frame for the Brazilian legal system and the methodology we adopted in the development of this frame. Third, we discuss how FrameNet frames and Brazilian legal frames differ and how the semantic tags developed in the scope of this project could be used for semantic tagging and semantic parsing.

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  1. Applied Linguistics Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Av. Unisinos, 950, São Leopoldo, 93.022-000, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Anderson Bertoldi & Rove Luiza de Oliveira Chishman

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  1. University of Bologna, Italy

    Monica Palmirani

  2. Torino Law School, University of Torino, via s. Ottavio 20, 10124, Torino, Italy

    Ugo Pagallo

  3. Institute of Law and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain

    Pompeu Casanovas

  4. European University Institute and CIRSFID, via Zamboni 33, 40126, Bologna, Italy

    Giovanni Sartor

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Bertoldi, A., de Oliveira Chishman, R.L. (2012). Developing a Frame-Based Lexicon for the Brazilian Legal Language: The Case of the Criminal_Process Frame. In: Palmirani, M., Pagallo, U., Casanovas, P., Sartor, G. (eds) AI Approaches to the Complexity of Legal Systems. Models and Ethical Challenges for Legal Systems, Legal Language and Legal Ontologies, Argumentation and Software Agents. AICOL 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7639. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35731-2_18

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