Sometimes modifiers have a strong effect on core aspects of the meaning of the nouns they are attached to: A parrot is a desirable pet, but a dead parrot is, at the very least, a rather unusual household companion. In order to stimulate computational research into the impact of modification on phrase meaning, we collected and made available a large dataset containing subject ratings for a varie...

This chapter introduces context algebras and demonstrates their application to combining logical and vector-based representations of meaning. Other chapters in this volume consider approaches that attempt to reproduce aspects of logical semantics within new frameworks. The approach we present here is different: We show how logical semantics can be embedded within a vector space framework, and u...

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We introduce the problem of generation in distributional semantics: Given a distributional vector representing some meaning, how can we generate the phrase that best expresses that meaning? We motivate this novel challenge on theoretical and practical grounds and propose a simple data-driven approach to the estimation of generation functions. We test this in a monolingual scenario (paraphrase g...

I. abstract. In this note, we prove several multiplicative products of the n-dimensional Hankel transform. In fact the following formulae: H{δ (k) (u(x))}.H{δ () (u(x))} = DH δ (k++ n−2 2) (u(x)) , (III,1)

Nature provides multiple physical, mental, and social health benefits to children. Although green spaces in cities can provide these benefits, many Western societies, children are spending less time outdoors access related factors not evenly distributed spatially demographically. In addition, recent literature points new greening projects furthering inequities due processes of gentrification. S...

The author highlights the importance of emotions in all ethical reflections. He describes the most common positions of ethicists employing duties and rights as the basis for ethical thought. The author, goes to Freudian theory as viewed by the utilitarians, stating that the 'quest for pleasure' is not necessarily egocentric, especially for adults. For example, the feeling of solidarity emerges ...