Proceedings of the conference Terminology and Artificial Intelligence 2015 (Granada, Spain)

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      Multilingualism and Conceptual Modelling
                                Ricardo Mairal
                             Facultad de Filologa
                Dpto. de Filologas Modernas y sus Lingüı́sticas
                         Paseo de la Senda del Rey, 7
                                    UNED
                                Madrid 28040
                        rmairal@flog.uned.es


     One of the leading motivations behind the multilingual semantic web is to
make resources accessible digitally in an online global multilingual context. Con-
sequently, it is fundamental for knowledge bases to find a way to manage multilin-
gualism and thus be equipped with those procedures for its conceptual modelling.
In this context, the goal of this paper is to discuss how common-sense knowledge
and cultural knowledge are modelled in a multilingual framework. More particu-
larly, multilingualism and conceptual modelling are dealt with from the perspective
of FunGramKB, a lexico-conceptual knowledge base for natural language under-
standing. This project argues for a clear division between the linguistic and the
conceptual dimensions of knowledge. While the conceptual layer is organized into
three modules, which result from a strong commitment towards capturing semantic
knowledge (Ontology), procedural knowledge (Cognicon) and episodic knowledge
(Onomasticon), the linguistic level includes a lexicon and a grammaticon (a syn-
tactic repository of constructional schemata). Cultural mismatches are discussed
and formally represented at both the conceptual and the linguistic levels of Fun-
GramKB.