Ebook: Predicative Forms in Natural Language and in Lexical Knowledge Bases
Author: Patrick Saint-Dizier (eds.)
- Tags: Computational Linguistics, Electrical Engineering, Semantics, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
- Series: Text Speech and Language Technology 6
- Year: 1999
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This volume is a selection of papers presented at a workshop entitled Predicative Forms in Natural Language and in Lexical Knowledge Bases organized in Toulouse in August 1996. A predicate is a named relation that exists among one or more arguments. In natural language, predicates are realized as verbs, prepositions, nouns and adjectives, to cite the most frequent ones. Research on the identification, organization, and semantic representa tion of predicates in artificial intelligence and in language processing is a very active research field. The emergence of new paradigms in theoretical language processing, the definition of new problems and the important evol ution of applications have, in fact, stimulated much interest and debate on the role and nature of predicates in naturallangage. From a broad theoret ical perspective, the notion of predicate is central to research on the syntax semantics interface, the generative lexicon, the definition of ontology-based semantic representations, and the formation of verb semantic classes. From a computational perspective, the notion of predicate plays a cent ral role in a number of applications including the design of lexical knowledge bases, the development of automatic indexing systems for the extraction of structured semantic representations, and the creation of interlingual forms in machine translation.
This book presents, by means of a number of articles, a survey and a set of projects in computational lexical semantics. The most crucial aspects of ongoing research on predicates are presented: verb semantic classifications, relations between syntax and semantics, Wordnet for Verbs, multilinguism, lexical knowledge bases and lexical acquisition, the generative lexicon.
Predicative Forms in Natural Language and in Lexical Knowledge Bases is designed for professors, researchers and graduate students in the area of language processing and semantics.
This book presents, by means of a number of articles, a survey and a set of projects in computational lexical semantics. The most crucial aspects of ongoing research on predicates are presented: verb semantic classifications, relations between syntax and semantics, Wordnet for Verbs, multilinguism, lexical knowledge bases and lexical acquisition, the generative lexicon.
Predicative Forms in Natural Language and in Lexical Knowledge Bases is designed for professors, researchers and graduate students in the area of language processing and semantics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
An Introduction to the Lexical Semantics of Predicative Forms....Pages 1-52
A Comparison of Different Lexical Semantics Approaches for Transfer Verbs with a Particular Emphasis on Buy/Sell....Pages 53-91
The Organization of Verbs and Verb Concepts in a Semantic Net....Pages 93-109
Describing Verb Semantics in a Type Hierarchy....Pages 111-137
Alternations and Verb Semantic Classes for French: Analysis and Class Formation....Pages 139-170
Semantics in Action....Pages 171-203
Corpus-Based Argument Identification Using a Statistically Enriched Valency MRD....Pages 205-228
Capturing Motion Verb Generalizations in Synchronous Tree Adjoining Grammars....Pages 229-256
Some Syntactic Consequences of Argument Structure Dimensions....Pages 257-284
Pragmatic Connectives as Predicates. The Case of Inferential Connectives....Pages 285-319
Interlingual Representation of Complex Predicates in a Multilingual Approach: The Problem of Lexical Selection....Pages 321-347
The Semantics of Event-Based Nominals....Pages 349-374
Back Matter....Pages 375-379
This book presents, by means of a number of articles, a survey and a set of projects in computational lexical semantics. The most crucial aspects of ongoing research on predicates are presented: verb semantic classifications, relations between syntax and semantics, Wordnet for Verbs, multilinguism, lexical knowledge bases and lexical acquisition, the generative lexicon.
Predicative Forms in Natural Language and in Lexical Knowledge Bases is designed for professors, researchers and graduate students in the area of language processing and semantics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
An Introduction to the Lexical Semantics of Predicative Forms....Pages 1-52
A Comparison of Different Lexical Semantics Approaches for Transfer Verbs with a Particular Emphasis on Buy/Sell....Pages 53-91
The Organization of Verbs and Verb Concepts in a Semantic Net....Pages 93-109
Describing Verb Semantics in a Type Hierarchy....Pages 111-137
Alternations and Verb Semantic Classes for French: Analysis and Class Formation....Pages 139-170
Semantics in Action....Pages 171-203
Corpus-Based Argument Identification Using a Statistically Enriched Valency MRD....Pages 205-228
Capturing Motion Verb Generalizations in Synchronous Tree Adjoining Grammars....Pages 229-256
Some Syntactic Consequences of Argument Structure Dimensions....Pages 257-284
Pragmatic Connectives as Predicates. The Case of Inferential Connectives....Pages 285-319
Interlingual Representation of Complex Predicates in a Multilingual Approach: The Problem of Lexical Selection....Pages 321-347
The Semantics of Event-Based Nominals....Pages 349-374
Back Matter....Pages 375-379
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