Are structural features of word meaning reflected in judgments of semantic similarity and difference

Aspects of the Theory of Syntax

: Contents: Methodological preliminaries: Generative grammars as theories of linguistic competence; theory of performance; organization of a generative grammar; justification of grammars; formal and substantive grammars; descriptive and explanatory theories; evaluation procedures; linguistic theory and language learning; generative capacity and its linguistic relevance Categories and relations in syntactic theory: Scope of the base; aspects of deep structure; illustrative fragment of the base component; types of base rules Deep structures and grammatical transformations Residual problems: Boundaries of syntax and semantics; structure of the lexicon

The case for case.

: In order to discover design principles for a large memory that can enable it to serve as the base of knowledge underlying human-like language behavior, experiments with a model memory are being performed. This model is built up within a computer by 'recoding' a body of information from an ordinary dictionary into a complex network of elements and associations. Then the ability of a program to use the resulting model memory effectively for simulating human performance provides a test of its design. One simulation program, now running, is given the model memory and is required to compare and contrast the meanings of arbitrary pairs of English words. For each pair, the program locates any relevant semantic information within the model memory, draws inferences on the basis of this, and thereby discovers various relationships between the meanings of the two words. Finally, it creates English text to express its conclusions. The design principles embodied in the memory model together with some of the methods used by the program constitute a theory of how human memory for semantic and other conceptual material may be formatted, organized, and used. (Author)

Word concepts: a theory and simulation of some basic semantic capabilities.

Buku ini merupakan kajian tentang makna-makna leksikal dan hubungannya dengan makna struktur. Bagian yang dikaji adalah termasuk analisis komponensial, kontradiksi, semantik universal, serta juga grammar dan leksikon.

Are structural features of word meaning reflected in judgments of semantic similarity and difference

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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax

Aspects of the Theory of Syntax

The case for case.

Word concepts: a theory and simulation of some basic semantic capabilities.

Semantic fields and lexical structure

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