... facilitates memorization. 152 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A LLXICAL DATA BASE Eric Wehrli Department of Linguistics U.C.L .A. 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024 ABSTRACT This paper ... specifications and the implementation of a particular concept of word-based lexicon to be used for large natural language processing systems such as machine translation systems, and compares ... requirements" and has to do with the complexity of the task of creating a lexical entry. It can roughly be viewed as a measure of the time it takes to create a new lexical entry, and of the amount of...