Talk:Semantic lexicon

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Comments on intro and structure

@KalenTheGreat: I was reading the article, thank you for writing the article! I found it very interesting. I have a few questions, and I was hoping they might lead to an improved article.

For example, in the first section, "Structure": "Semantic lexicons are made up of lexical entries. These entries are not orthographic, but semantic, eliminating issues of homonymy and polysemy. ... Synonymous entries are grouped together in what the Princeton WordNet calls "synsets" "

Can we get a definition of 'lexical entry'? Also if they are eliminating issues like polysemy, why is there a need to group together synonymous entries? Synonymous entries shouldn't even exist in that case.

In opening paragraph, it states that "The difference between a semantic lexicon and a semantic network is that a semantic lexicon has definitions for each word, or a "gloss" " - but how does that differ from a regular dictionary?

I wish I had the time to go in and fix it, but I don't. I hope that these questions can be helpful. Cheers, --denny vrandečić (talk) 16:09, 22 August 2017 (UTC)