An Alternative Conception of Compositional Distributional Semantics

Authors

  • David Weir University of Sussex
  • Julie Weeds University of Sussex
  • Jeremy Reffin University of Sussex
  • Thomas Kober University of Sussex

Abstract

We present a new framework for compositional distributional semantics in which the distributional contexts of lexemes are expressed in terms of anchored packed dependency trees. We show that these structures have the potential to capture the full sentential contexts of a lexeme and provide a uniform basis for the composition of distributional knowledge in a way that captures both mutual disambiguation and generalization.


Author Biography

  • Julie Weeds, University of Sussex
    Research Fellow, Department of Informatics

Published

2024-12-05

Issue

Section

Special Issue : Formal Distributional Semantics