Current Issues In Computational Lexical Semantics
نویسنده
چکیده
In this talk I would like to address some issues of major importance in lexical semantics. In particular, I will discuss four topics relating to current research in the field: methodology, descriptive coverage, adequacy of the representation, and the computational usefulness of representations. In addressing these issues, I will discuss what I think are some of the central problems facing the lexical semantics community, and suggest ways of best approaching these issues. Finally, I outline a theory of lexical semantics embodying a richer notion of compositionality, termed cocomposition, which aims to spread the semantic load more evenly throughout the lexicon.
منابع مشابه
Lexical Semantics and Selection of TAM in Bantu Languages: A Case of Semantic Classification of Kiswahili Verbs
The existing literature on Bantu verbal semantics demonstrated that inherent semantic content of verbs pairs directly with the selection of tense, aspect and modality formatives in Bantu languages like Chasu, Lucazi, Lusamia, and Shiyeyi. Thus, the gist of this paper is the articulation of semantic classification of verbs in Kiswahili based on the selection of TAM types. This is because the sem...
متن کاملThe Generative Lexicon
In this paper, I will discuss four major topics relating to current research in lexical semantics: methodology, descriptive coverage, adequacy of the representation, and the computational usefulness of representations. In addressing these issues, I will discuss what I think are some of the central problems facing the lexical semantics community, and suggest ways of best approaching these issues...
متن کاملBreadth and Depth of Semantic Lexicons
Breadth and Depth of Semantic Lexicons is based on a 1996 workshop. It represents several fundamental lines of thinking that were, and remain, a useful organization of the issues in lexical semantics, and specifically in the organization and development of new generations of lexical corpora. The volume contains very useful background discussions of classic issues in lexical semantics (e.g., Eng...
متن کاملThe role of Persian causative markers in the acquisition of English causative verbs
This project investigates the relationship between lexical semantics and causative morphology in the acquisition of causative/inchoative-related verbs in English as a foreign language by Iranian speakers. Results of translation and picture judgment task show although L2 learners have largely acquired the correct lexico-syntactic classification of verbs in English, they were constrained by ...
متن کاملBook Reviews: Computational lexical semantics
The last decade has seen a striking expansion of interest in the lexicon and in lexical semantics. Within theoretical linguistics, this trend can be measured by the increasing interest generative grammarians have displayed toward such issues as lexical conceptual structure and argument structure and by the increased appeal of cognitive semantics. Within computational linguistics, the same perio...
متن کامل