Dynamic Synoptic Scheme as a Tool for Searching Phraseological Synonyms

Resumen

The typical modern-day thesauri cover the lexeme level, whereas clichés, aphorisms, and phraseology are underrepresented in their entries. One of the best ways of ordering phrase-level synonyms is by relating them to the keyword descriptors within an onomasiological dictionary macrostructure, which would provide easier access to users. The goal of this article is to describe a methodology of organising a reasonable and handy synoptic scheme for accessing phraseological units in an electronic onomasiological-phraseological dictionary. In the computational format, onomasiological dictionaries become much more manageable, thanks to the availability of the formal search. Since these dictionaries are based upon classificatory synoptic schemes, their compilation requires deep analytical data processing and intellectual effort. An extremely detailed hierarchy would be difficult to use, and, conversely, a simple one hardly covers the most relevant semantic features of the entries.