Tuesday, November 13, 2007

WordNet -- A Lexical Database for the English Language

OK. This database has some high cool factors. If you like dictionaries, thesauri, and all things that play with the words of the English language, this free internet database is for you.

I'm not saying it has replaced the Oxford English Dictionary (one of our Research Databases) because no one else tracks the usage of our langauge as well, but imagine a dictionary crossed with a thesaurus and you've got some idea.

WordNet® is being developed under the direction of George A. Miller and the Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton.