The Construction of the Semantic Network of Characteristic Words in Overseas Chinese Dialects

Abstract

The characteristic words of overseas Chinese dialects are the most distinctive part of the vocabulary in overseas Chinese dialects. The semantic network of characteristic words in overseas Chinese dialects treats characteristic words as semantic symbols, drawing knowledge graphs through semantic relations to form a formal description of semantic knowledge, presenting a comprehensive picture of Chinese dialects and culture in overseas Chinese communities. The article proposes the ideas and methods for dividing the semantic classification system of characteristic words in overseas Chinese dialects and designs synonym sets and data attribute description rules based on the characteristics of characteristic words in overseas Chinese dialects. Taking nouns as an example, it explains common semantic relationships such as synonymy, hyponymy, holonymy, antonymy, and meronymy. The construction of the semantic network provides rich lexical semantics and relational information for overseas Chinese dialect research and various fields of natural language processing.