Frame Semantic Enhancement Of Lexical-Semantic Resources

On the Problem of Lexical Semantic Change

The article provides an insight into a problem of lexical semantic change. A short historical outline of the development of semantic studies is given. The authors analyze some of the most important stages in the history of the formation of this field. The existing approaches to dealing with form and meaning, namely semasiological and onomasiological ones are discussed. The authors consider the ...

The Effect of Semantic Transfer on Iranian EFL Learners’ Lexical Representation and Processing

Corpus-based Induction of a Frame Semantics Projection for LFG

In computational linguistics there is growing insight that high-quality NLP applications for information access (question anwering, etc.) are in need of deeper linguistic analysis, in particular, semantic analysis. A bottleneck for semantic processing is the lack of large-scale domain-independent lexical semantic resources. While WordNets for several languages are important lexical resources fo...

Lexical Semantics and Selection of TAM in Bantu Languages: A Case of Semantic Classification of Kiswahili Verbs

The existing literature on Bantu verbal semantics demonstrated that inherent semantic content of verbs pairs directly with the selection of tense, aspect and modality formatives in Bantu languages like Chasu, Lucazi, Lusamia, and Shiyeyi. Thus, the gist of this paper is the articulation of semantic classification of verbs in Kiswahili based on the selection of TAM types. This is because the sem...

Developing a Semantic Similarity Judgment Test for Persian Action Verbs and Non-action Nouns in Patients With Brain Injury and Determining its Content Validity

Objective: Brain trauma evidences suggest that the two grammatical categories of noun and verb are processed in different regions of the brain due to differences in the complexity of grammatical and semantic information processing. Studies have shown that the verbs belonging to different semantic categories lead to neural activity in different areas of the brain, and action verb processing is r...