Natural Language Engineering:The Study of Word Sense Disambiguation in Punjabi

Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD) is an important part of Machine Readable Dictionary (MRD) which is extensively used in Expert System/Intelligent Systems. All languages have multiple meanings of words or phrases depending on the context of their usage. WSD draws the correct (intended) meaning using a database called Machine Readable Dictionary (MRD). Some rudimentary designs of MRD have been made for some European Languages. In this paper a preliminary attempt has been made towards the formulation and design of MRD in Punjabi Language using modified Lesk Algorithm which uses a simple method for relating the appropriate word sense relative to set of dictionary meanings of the word or phrase.