scholarly journals Measuring out the relation between formal and conceptual semantics

2021 ◽  
pp. 121-152
Author(s):  
Tillmann Pross ◽  
Antje Roßdeutscher
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Semantics

The Distinction between Linguistic and Conceptual Semantics in Medical Terminology and its Implication for NLP-Based Knowledge Acquisition

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (04/05) ◽  
pp. 327-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Buekens ◽  
G. De Moor ◽  
A. Waagmeester ◽  
W. Ceusters
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Natural Language Understanding ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Medical Terminology ◽  
Language Understanding ◽  
Conceptual Semantics

AbstractNatural language understanding systems have to exploit various kinds of knowledge in order to represent the meaning behind texts. Getting this knowledge in place is often such a huge enterprise that it is tempting to look for systems that can discover such knowledge automatically. We describe how the distinction between conceptual and linguistic semantics may assist in reaching this objective, provided that distinguishing between them is not done too rigorously. We present several examples to support this view and argue that in a multilingual environment, linguistic ontologies should be designed as interfaces between domain conceptualizations and linguistic knowledge bases.

On the role of frame-based knowledge in lexical representation

2003 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 667-668
Author(s):  
József Andor
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Lexical Semantics ◽  
Lexical Representation ◽  
Conceptual Semantics ◽  
Types Of Knowledge ◽  
Conceptual Structures

In this commentary I discuss the role of types of knowledge and conceptual structures in lexical representation, revealing the explanatory potential of frame-based knowledge. Although frame-based lexical semantics is not alien to the theoretical model outlined in Jackendoff's conceptual semantics, testing its relevance to the analysis of the lexical evidence presented in his book has been left out of consideration.

Causative purpose adjuncts in Estonian and Finnish: A non-linear approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-289
Author(s):  
Geda Paulsen ◽  
Urpo Nikanne
Keyword(s):  
Linear Models ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Modular Approach ◽  
Conceptual Semantics ◽  
Linear Approach ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Temporal Structures ◽  
Causative Effect ◽  
Temporal Flow

AbstractIn this article, we examine the form and meaning of a subtype of causative adjuncts, purpose adjuncts, in Estonian and Finnish. The analysis is based on the micro-modular approach of Conceptual Semantics (Nikanne 1990, 2005, 2018; Pörn 2004; Paulsen 2011a, 2011b; Petrova 2011). It provides a non-linear approach to linguistic causation, alternative to the linear models. By the term ‘non-linear’ we mean the involvement of separate levels of conceptual structure that influence the causative reading, and a separation of causation from the temporal flow of the situation. We propose two causative operators for subordinate causative structures, BECAUSE OF and LEAD TO. According to their temporal structures, we separate two types of purpose adjuncts: reason-purpose adjuncts and avoidance adjuncts. The causative effect of purpose is in our analysis related to the notion of intentionality.

Kant and conceptual semantics

Topoi ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl J. Posy
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Semantics

“Walking” and “running” in English and German

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cliff Goddard ◽  
Anna Wierzbicka ◽  
Jock Wong
Keyword(s):  
Human Locomotion ◽  
The Other ◽  
Potential Outcome ◽  
Conceptual Semantics ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Linguistic Evidence

This study examines the conceptual semantics of human locomotion verbs in two languages – English and German – using the Natural Semantic Metalanguage approach. Based on linguistic evidence, it proposes semantic explications for English walk and run, and their nearest counterparts in German, i.e. laufen (in two senses, roughly, ‘run’ and ‘go by walking’), rennen (roughly, ‘run quickly’), gehen (roughly, ‘go/walk’), and the expression zu Fuß gehen (roughly, ‘go on foot’). Somewhat surprisingly for such closely related languages, the conceptual semantics turns out to be significantly different in the two languages, particularly in relation to manner-of-motion. On the other hand, it is shown that the same four-part semantic template (with sections Lexicosyntactic Frame, Prototypical Scenario, Manner, and Potential Outcome) applies in both languages. We consider the implications for systematic contrastive semantics and for lexical typology.

scholarly journals A Framework to Extract Arguments in Opinion Texts

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Paz García-Villalba ◽  
Patrick Saint-Dizier
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Programming Language ◽  
User Preferences ◽  
Discourse Structure ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Conceptual Semantics ◽  
User Value

In this article, the authors present foundational elements related to argument extraction in opinion texts with the objective to design a model of how consumers develop argumentation in such texts. A second goal is to analyze and synthesize user preferences and therefore user value systems from these arguments. They show that (1) within the context of opinionated expressions, a number of evaluative expressions with a ‘heavy’ semantic load receive an argumentative interpretation, and (2) that the association of an evaluative expression with a discourse structure such as an elaboration, an illustration, or a reformulation must also be interpreted as an argument. The authors develop a conceptual semantics of these discourse structures and show how they are analyzed using the Dislog programming language, running on the <TextCoop> platform, dedicated to discourse analysis.

scholarly journals POETICS AND PRAGMATICS OF GENRES OF FUNERAL RITUALS OF THE ALTAIANS

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1081-1087
Author(s):  
N.R. Oynotkinova
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Southern Siberia ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Scientific Problem ◽  
Funeral Rites ◽  
The Road ◽  
Conceptual Semantics ◽  
The World ◽  
Rhetorical Questions

The article is devoted to the poetics and pragmatics of the genres sygyt ‘lamentations’ and kerees sӧs ‘memorable word’ in the funeral rites of the Turks of Southern Siberia (Teleuts, Chalkans, Altaians). The material of the study was the texts recorded at the beginning and end of the twentieth century in different dialect groups of Altai people. The posed scientific problem is related to the identification of genres of funeral and memorial rituals of the Altai people, as well as to the study of the conceptual semantics of these texts. The genre sygyt plays an emotionally evaluative function: it is performed to express sorrow, the severity of the loss of a loved one. For cries recorded at the beginning of the twentieth century a developed system of metaphors that perform the functions of imagery and allegory is characteristic. In lamentations, built in the form of a dialogue between the mourner and the deceased, rhetorical questions allow expressing regret, sorrow for those who have gone to another world. The key motives for crying are the road to another world, the irreversibility of life. Another genre, kerees sӧs, is characterized by an assessment of the human dignity of the deceased, an expression of sympathy for his family. The brief blessing formulas contained in them are pronounced for spell-seeking purposes - to close for the soul of the deceased the road to the world of the living.

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