Semantic transparency: challenges for distributional semantics

Bell, Melanie J. and Schafer, Martin (2013) Semantic transparency: challenges for distributional semantics. In: IWCS 2013 Workshop Towards a Formal Distributional Semantics, 19 March 2013, Potsdam, Germany.

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Abstract

Using data from Reddy et al. (2011), we present a series of regression models of semantic transparency in compound nouns. The results indicate that the frequencies of the compound constituents, the semantic relation between the constituents, and metaphorical shift of a constituent or of the compound as a whole, all contribute to the overall perceived level of transparency. While not proposing an actual distributional model of transparency, we hypothesise that incorporating this information into such a model would improve its success and we suggest some ways this might be possible.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Keywords:	semantic transparency, distributional semantics
Faculty:	ARCHIVED Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences (until September 2018)
Depositing User:	Repository Admin
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2013 10:39
Last Modified:	27 Apr 2022 15:41
URI:	https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/293254

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