Towards the automatic derivation of lexical prototypes

Aleem Hossain; Mark G. Lee

Towards the automatic derivation of lexical prototypes

Computer Science

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Abstract

In order to model human understanding of natural language, it is necessary to be able to rep-resent the knowledge and processes that humans use. As such, Natural Language Processing (NLP) research needs to take into consideration cognitive theories of language processing; one candidate theory is Prototype Theory. In this paper, we argue for the adoption of a conceptual approach to word meaning in order to achieve a view of lexical semantics consistent with cognitive representation and processes. We detail ongoing research concerned with extending an existing semi-automatic method for deriving patterns of verb usage from corpora. Finally, we argue that this approach has connections with Prototype Theory and detail initial steps to fully-automate this process.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing, RANLP 2005 - Proceedings
Publisher	Association for Computational Linguistics, ACL
Pages	246-250
Number of pages	5
Volume	2005-January
ISBN (Electronic)	9549174336
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2005
Event	International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing, RANLP 2005 - Borovets, Bulgaria Duration: 21 Sept 2005 → 23 Sept 2005

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing, RANLP 2005
Country/Territory	Bulgaria
City	Borovets
Period	21/09/05 → 23/09/05

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Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science Applications
Software
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Hossain, A & Lee, MG 2005, Towards the automatic derivation of lexical prototypes. in International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing, RANLP 2005 - Proceedings. vol. 2005-January, Association for Computational Linguistics, ACL, pp. 246-250, International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing, RANLP 2005, Borovets, Bulgaria, 21/09/05.

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