Semantic typology and efficient communication
Crosslinguistic research on domains including kinship, color, folk biology, number, and
spatial relations has documented the different ways in which languages carve up the world …
spatial relations has documented the different ways in which languages carve up the world …
Why are there different languages? The role of adaptation in linguistic diversity
Why are there different languages? A common explanation is that different languages arise
from the gradual accumulation of random changes. Here, we argue that, beyond these …
from the gradual accumulation of random changes. Here, we argue that, beyond these …
Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure
Many human languages have words for emotions such as “anger” and “fear,” yet it is not
clear whether these emotions have similar meanings across languages, or why their …
clear whether these emotions have similar meanings across languages, or why their …
From text to thought: How analyzing language can advance psychological science
Humans have been using language for millennia but have only just begun to scratch the
surface of what natural language can reveal about the mind. Here we propose that language …
surface of what natural language can reveal about the mind. Here we propose that language …
Cultural influences on word meanings revealed through large-scale semantic alignment
If the structure of language vocabularies mirrors the structure of natural divisions that are
universally perceived, then the meanings of words in different languages should closely …
universally perceived, then the meanings of words in different languages should closely …
Adversarial training for unsupervised bilingual lexicon induction
Word embeddings are well known to capture linguistic regularities of the language on which
they are trained. Researchers also observe that these regularities can transfer across …
they are trained. Researchers also observe that these regularities can transfer across …
Cross-Linguistic Data Formats, advancing data sharing and re-use in comparative linguistics
The amount of available digital data for the languages of the world is constantly increasing.
Unfortunately, most of the digital data are provided in a large variety of formats and therefore …
Unfortunately, most of the digital data are provided in a large variety of formats and therefore …
From language development to language evolution: A unified view of human lexical creativity
A defining property of human language is the creative use of words to express multiple
meanings through word meaning extension. Such lexical creativity is manifested at different …
meanings through word meaning extension. Such lexical creativity is manifested at different …
Earth mover's distance minimization for unsupervised bilingual lexicon induction
Cross-lingual natural language processing hinges on the premise that there exists
invariance across languages. At the word level, researchers have identified such invariance …
invariance across languages. At the word level, researchers have identified such invariance …
[PDF][PDF] Natural language processing methods for language modeling
DM Nemeskey - 2020 - hlt.bme.hu
The field of natural language processing (NLP) is contemporaneous with computers.
Machine translation systems were developed as early as the 1950s, and the widespread …
Machine translation systems were developed as early as the 1950s, and the widespread …