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ME PROJECT: THE ONTOLOGY OF A SUMERIC GRAMMAR
The representation of a sumeric text from the second millennium B.C.
by Sergio Aliverini and Marco Romano from an idea of Luca Severini
DOI 2006: 10.1683/ab0002
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The principle characteristic of sumeric text is that it is, unlike most known
languages, a agglutinating language, that is the words of the vocabulary are
unchangeable and their variations (for example to change a name from singular to
plural) do not modified the word directly as happens in English (Dog ? Dogs),
but add a particle (suffissi, infissi) or repeat a word (lugal = il king ? lugal-lugal =
the kings). This characteristic makes it particularly suitable for the
construction of an ontology of the grammar because it is (at least at the
current state of knowledge) very much poorer and much more formal than most
other languages.
The work carried out demonstrates how its possible to apply the technology of
the "Semantic Web" also to a natural language. The grammar expressed in this
ontology is only partial, however the road taken seems to be the correct one and
if revised and integrated this ontology would definitely represent a new
and important instrument to study sumerologia.
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Image: The sumeric symbol for representing "ME"
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