5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assigning includes applying rules for associating recapitalization information with a word which is unknown in the lexicon.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assigning includes applying rules for associating recapitalization information with a word which is unknown in the lexicon. 6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the rules include a rule which, for word that is unknown in the lexicon and which starts with a lower case letter which is preceded by a word recognized in the lexicon as being a first name, the unknown word is associated with feature corresponding to a last name.