Paper Info
Title
Predication
Abstract
In Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) the meaning of a word is represented as a vector in a high-dimensional semantic space. Different meanings of a word or different senses of a word are not distinguished. Instead, word senses are appropriately modified as the word is used in different contexts. In N-VP sentences, the precise meaning of the verb phrase depends on the noun it is combined with. An algorithm is described to adjust the meaning of a predicate as it is applied to different arguments. In forming a sentence meaning, not all features of a predicate are combined with the features of the argument, but only those that are appropriate to the argument. Hence, a different “sense” of a predicate emerges every time it is used in a different context. This predication algorithm is explored in the context of four different semantic problems: metaphor interpretation, causal inferences, similarity judgments, and homonym disambiguation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1016/S0364-0213(01)00034-9
Cognitive Science
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
25
2
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
Cognitive Science
21
3.45
References 
Authors
3
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Walter Kintsch17414.66