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Parts and boundaries.
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The analysis shows that lexical semantics and phrasal semantics interpenetrate deeply, and that there is no strict one-to-one correspondence between syntactic and semantic structures, and provides further evidence that natural language semantics must be based on a psychological view of meaning.About:
This article is published in Cognition.The article was published on 1991-12-01. It has received 513 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Conceptual semantics & Computational semantics.read more
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Verb semantics and lexical selection
Zhibiao Wu,Martha Palmer +1 more
Abstract: This paper will focus on the semantic representation of verbs in computer systems and its impact on lexical selection problems in machine translation (MT). Two groups of English and Chinese verbs are examined to show that lexical selection must be based on interpretation of the sentences as well as selection restrictions placed on the verb arguments. A novel representation scheme is suggested, and is compared to representations with selection restrictions used in transfer-based MT. We see our approach as closely aligned with knowledge-based MT approaches (KBMT), and as a separate component that could be incorporated into existing systems. Examples and experimental results will show that, using this scheme, inexact matches can achieve correct lexical selection.
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Space in language and cognition: Explorations in cognitive diversity
TL;DR: This article showed that even in a core cognitive domain like spatial thinking, language influences how people think, memorize and reason about spatial relations and directions, and that non-linguistic cognition mirrors the systems available in the local language.
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Independent component approach to the analysis of EEG and MEG recordings
TL;DR: ICA has been shown to be an efficient tool for artifact identification and extraction from electroencephalographic and magnetoencephalographical recordings and has been applied to the analysis of brain signals evoked by sensory stimuli.
Frames of reference and Molyneux's question: Cross-linguistic evidence
TL;DR: In this paper, the three linguistic frames of reference in cross-Linguistic Perspective 3.3.0 Frames of reference across modalities and modalities, and their logical structure.
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The Origins of Telicity
TL;DR: The distinction between atelic and telic predicates has been described in terms of algebraic properties of their meaning since the early days of model-theoretic semantics as mentioned in this paper.
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The Language of Thought
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Word Meaning and Montague Grammar
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Semantics And Cognition
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Verbs and Times
TL;DR: The time schemata presupposed by various verbs will appear as important constituents of the concepts that prompt us to use those terms the way the authors consistently do and may be used as models of comparison in exploring and clarifying the behavior of any verb whatever.