Phonaesthemes: A Corpus-Based Analysis Katya Otis () Eyal Sagi ()
... contemporary linguistics it is difficult to explain how these patterns come to be, or why they might survive despite the obvious benefits of arbitrary sound-meaning mappings. What we mean by “sound-meaning mapping” is not purely sound symbolism, however, nor is it morphology. In the following paper, ...
... contemporary linguistics it is difficult to explain how these patterns come to be, or why they might survive despite the obvious benefits of arbitrary sound-meaning mappings. What we mean by “sound-meaning mapping” is not purely sound symbolism, however, nor is it morphology. In the following paper, ...
Semantic Proto-Roles - Association for Computational Linguistics
... combinations of proto-role properties are looked at as a lattice structure, generalized thematic roles can be identified with particular parts of the lattice. If Dowty’s proposal is right, the lexicon will instantiate a very large number of property configurations, rather than a small and constraine ...
... combinations of proto-role properties are looked at as a lattice structure, generalized thematic roles can be identified with particular parts of the lattice. If Dowty’s proposal is right, the lexicon will instantiate a very large number of property configurations, rather than a small and constraine ...
Race-Based Parsing and Syntactic Disambiguution
... the latter attachment with two rules, whereas the former requires only one, as in Figure 1. This assumption about the grammar is ad hoc because it makes a distinction that is not required by the theory of context-free grammars. However, given such a grammar, a parser looking for the preferred attach ...
... the latter attachment with two rules, whereas the former requires only one, as in Figure 1. This assumption about the grammar is ad hoc because it makes a distinction that is not required by the theory of context-free grammars. However, given such a grammar, a parser looking for the preferred attach ...
sv-lncs
... Obviously, roles like AGENT, PAT, INSTR, RES, LOC, MANN can be found in both lists but still, there is a question how similar they are. We have to be aware of the fact that ILRs are not always associated with the synsets while the derivational relations are always associated with the literals repres ...
... Obviously, roles like AGENT, PAT, INSTR, RES, LOC, MANN can be found in both lists but still, there is a question how similar they are. We have to be aware of the fact that ILRs are not always associated with the synsets while the derivational relations are always associated with the literals repres ...
Automatic acquisition of semantic-based question reformulations for
... Abstract. In this paper, we present a method for the automatic acquisition of semantic-based reformulations from natural language questions. Our goal is to find useful and generic reformulation patterns, which can be used in our question answering system to find better candidate answers. We used 134 ...
... Abstract. In this paper, we present a method for the automatic acquisition of semantic-based reformulations from natural language questions. Our goal is to find useful and generic reformulation patterns, which can be used in our question answering system to find better candidate answers. We used 134 ...
Context in Semantics
... than a ham sandwich. Yet it's not clear that a process that maps ham sandwiches onto persons counts as genuinely semantic. To take another example, the intuitive truthconditions of (3) certainly involve reference to a domain of quantification. But if domain restriction is a matter of information bei ...
... than a ham sandwich. Yet it's not clear that a process that maps ham sandwiches onto persons counts as genuinely semantic. To take another example, the intuitive truthconditions of (3) certainly involve reference to a domain of quantification. But if domain restriction is a matter of information bei ...
Context in Semantics
... than a ham sandwich. Yet it's not clear that a process that maps ham sandwiches onto persons counts as genuinely semantic. To take another example, the intuitive truthconditions of (3) certainly involve reference to a domain of quantification. But if domain restriction is a matter of information bei ...
... than a ham sandwich. Yet it's not clear that a process that maps ham sandwiches onto persons counts as genuinely semantic. To take another example, the intuitive truthconditions of (3) certainly involve reference to a domain of quantification. But if domain restriction is a matter of information bei ...
Lexical representations in spoken language comprehension
... turn, can only hold if the lexical representations associated with the verb have already begun to have consequences for an interpretation in a mental model of the discourse. This requires, we should remember, not only the construction of a linguistic argument frame, realising the structural constrai ...
... turn, can only hold if the lexical representations associated with the verb have already begun to have consequences for an interpretation in a mental model of the discourse. This requires, we should remember, not only the construction of a linguistic argument frame, realising the structural constrai ...
Tailoring a broad coverage grammar for the analysis of dictionary
... usually think of the resulting analysis as a 'syntactic sketch'. This attachment and assign ment strategy, which allows the grammar to produce on average one parse per sentence, eliminates any combinatorial explosion while preserving all the necessary information. ...
... usually think of the resulting analysis as a 'syntactic sketch'. This attachment and assign ment strategy, which allows the grammar to produce on average one parse per sentence, eliminates any combinatorial explosion while preserving all the necessary information. ...
Semantics and Pragmatics - School of Computer Science, University
... the meaning of a syntactic constituent that is syntactically composed from other constituents in a certain way is a function of (i.e., dependent only on) • the meanings of those constituents • the way they are syntactically composed (i.e. what grammar rule used, and taking into account any ancillary ...
... the meaning of a syntactic constituent that is syntactically composed from other constituents in a certain way is a function of (i.e., dependent only on) • the meanings of those constituents • the way they are syntactically composed (i.e. what grammar rule used, and taking into account any ancillary ...
Enhancing Object-Oriented UML for Developing an Intelligent
... system. Each word in this dictionary belongs to a class and may have one or more subclasses. Subclasses inherit all the public attributes and operations of their super class and this concept is utilized in all types of processing on the SEMANTIC dictionary system. For example, the super class 'human ...
... system. Each word in this dictionary belongs to a class and may have one or more subclasses. Subclasses inherit all the public attributes and operations of their super class and this concept is utilized in all types of processing on the SEMANTIC dictionary system. For example, the super class 'human ...
deverbal noun complementation rules applied to semantic
... Predication is the assignment of properties to things by means of language (Foltran, 2003), and the predicator is its linguistic expression. Traditional grammar divides declarative sentences into subject and predicate, the first part being the recipient or subject of the properties, and the second p ...
... Predication is the assignment of properties to things by means of language (Foltran, 2003), and the predicator is its linguistic expression. Traditional grammar divides declarative sentences into subject and predicate, the first part being the recipient or subject of the properties, and the second p ...
The semantic development of lE weid
... metaphorical structured polysemy between Osee" and "know". ü) This approach, ratber than relating tbe process of seeing to cognitive operations, emphasizes the rational activity as an operation oftbe body. "Byusing tbe term 'body'l want to stress tbe nonpropositional, experiential, and figurative di ...
... metaphorical structured polysemy between Osee" and "know". ü) This approach, ratber than relating tbe process of seeing to cognitive operations, emphasizes the rational activity as an operation oftbe body. "Byusing tbe term 'body'l want to stress tbe nonpropositional, experiential, and figurative di ...
view
... such as idiomatic expressions, compounds etc., when a sense does not correspond to one single orthographic word. The ELSNET experiment was therefore useful to highlight issues which had to be considered and solved while defining the specifications for semantic tagging of a large corpus in the Italia ...
... such as idiomatic expressions, compounds etc., when a sense does not correspond to one single orthographic word. The ELSNET experiment was therefore useful to highlight issues which had to be considered and solved while defining the specifications for semantic tagging of a large corpus in the Italia ...
Mental lexicon - Griffith University
... have their exact semantic equivalents in many other languages but on closer inspection many such molecules turn out to be language-specific. For example, the meanings of the names of both cultural and natural kinds contain in many cases references to shape concepts such as ‘long’ and ‘round’ in Engl ...
... have their exact semantic equivalents in many other languages but on closer inspection many such molecules turn out to be language-specific. For example, the meanings of the names of both cultural and natural kinds contain in many cases references to shape concepts such as ‘long’ and ‘round’ in Engl ...
linking in fluid construction grammars
... aspects of syntactic and semantic structure that link these individual meanings into a larger whole. For example in the phrase “Jill walks” the word “Jill” introduces a variable ?x which will be bound to an object that is named Jill: ‘jill(?x)’. The word “walks” introduces two other variables, ?ev a ...
... aspects of syntactic and semantic structure that link these individual meanings into a larger whole. For example in the phrase “Jill walks” the word “Jill” introduces a variable ?x which will be bound to an object that is named Jill: ‘jill(?x)’. The word “walks” introduces two other variables, ?ev a ...
Machine Learning of Text Analysis Rules for Clinical Records
... hospital discharge summaries. The problem of classifying phrases becomes even more difficult when no single word in isolation conveys the target concept. Examples of this are the phrase Òmenstrual irregularitiesÓ in sentence 3 and Òcigarette smokingÓ in sentence 4, both of which represent the concep ...
... hospital discharge summaries. The problem of classifying phrases becomes even more difficult when no single word in isolation conveys the target concept. Examples of this are the phrase Òmenstrual irregularitiesÓ in sentence 3 and Òcigarette smokingÓ in sentence 4, both of which represent the concep ...
Is the Head of a Noun Phrase necessarily a Noun?
... • The head is the semantically most significant element of an expression whether it is autonomous or dependent (i.e. relational) • The head of a nominal is a word or expression that describes a type of object or that describes a type of relation or situation viewed objectively • Heads, not compleme ...
... • The head is the semantically most significant element of an expression whether it is autonomous or dependent (i.e. relational) • The head of a nominal is a word or expression that describes a type of object or that describes a type of relation or situation viewed objectively • Heads, not compleme ...
Semantic Roles of Adverbial Participial Clauses
... Presented with examples like 10 and 11, where the matrix clause and the adjunct predicates are dynamic and simultaneous, we have to apply another criterion concerned with the mutual relation of the two predicates – viz. whether they refer to the same action/event. The difference between a manner adj ...
... Presented with examples like 10 and 11, where the matrix clause and the adjunct predicates are dynamic and simultaneous, we have to apply another criterion concerned with the mutual relation of the two predicates – viz. whether they refer to the same action/event. The difference between a manner adj ...
Semantic Opposition and WORDNET
... synset. The link between the two very similar senses of bust is made through a common lexicographers’ source file, i.e., they are both classified as being verbs of contact. (The two senses being linked here are bust as in “ruin completely” and “separate or cause to separate abruptly.”) There are ano ...
... synset. The link between the two very similar senses of bust is made through a common lexicographers’ source file, i.e., they are both classified as being verbs of contact. (The two senses being linked here are bust as in “ruin completely” and “separate or cause to separate abruptly.”) There are ano ...
Paraphrasing of Synonyms for a Fine
... and Turney [22] use paraphrases as features to analyze nounmodifier relations. The hypothesis, corroborated by the reported experiments, is that pairs which share the same paraphrases belong to the same semantic relation. Lin and Pantel [14] measure the similarity between paths in dependency trees a ...
... and Turney [22] use paraphrases as features to analyze nounmodifier relations. The hypothesis, corroborated by the reported experiments, is that pairs which share the same paraphrases belong to the same semantic relation. Lin and Pantel [14] measure the similarity between paths in dependency trees a ...
An outline for a semantic categorization of adjectives 1
... of the semantic behavior of the individual words is common. Moreover it is probable that for each category a certain selection can be defined out of the set of possible feature types that is applicable to its members. The kind of categorisation and the type of category structure sketched here apply ...
... of the semantic behavior of the individual words is common. Moreover it is probable that for each category a certain selection can be defined out of the set of possible feature types that is applicable to its members. The kind of categorisation and the type of category structure sketched here apply ...
Cognitive Linguistics Croft & Cruse 10
... complex event is the primitive, but syntactic roles are reductionist, assuming primitive roles such as subject, object ...
... complex event is the primitive, but syntactic roles are reductionist, assuming primitive roles such as subject, object ...