LEXICOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLES OF SPORTS TERMS AND SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THESAURI: A MORPHO-SEMANTIC AND KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING FRAMEWORK
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Sports Lexicography, Information Retrieval Thesaurus, Terminography, Semantic Relations, SKOS, Ontolex-lemon, Knowledge Graph, Macrostructure, Mediostructure.Abstract
This article provides an advanced, system-level exploration of the lexicographic principles governing sports terminology alongside the structural, relational, and functional architecture of specialized sports thesauri. Positioned at the intersection of terminography, corpus linguistics, and knowledge engineering, the study addresses the methodological challenges inherent in documenting the volatile, highly idiomatic, and cross-disciplinary macro-system of athletic discourse. By scrutinizing the macro-, micro-, and mediostructural dimensions of sports dictionaries, this paper illuminates the shifting paradigms from static, alphabetical lemmatization to systematic, frame-semantic, and corpus-driven conceptual arrangements. Concurrently, the article delivers a rigorous architectural analysis of information retrieval thesauri, delineating the exact mechanics of equivalence, hierarchical, and associative relationships according to international ISO standards. Finally, it explores the transition of sports vocabularies into digital, machine-readable knowledge graphs through the deployment of Semantic Web frameworks such as the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) and the Ontolex-lemon model. This synthesis demonstrates how modern lexicographic principles and thesaurus features converge to eliminate semantic ambiguity, optimize information retrieval, and preserve multilingual athletic heritage in the era of computational linguistics.Downloads
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