Dictionary-driven analysis of Japanese verbal alternations

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  • Timothy Baldwin
  • Francis Bond
  • Kentaro Ogura
چکیده

We present a method for extracting verbal (diathesis) alternations from a valency dictionary, based on comparison of selectional restrictions. The quality of match between selectional restrictions is evaluated according to an entropy-based measure with backing-off facility. We use the proposed method to derive a provisional listing of the range and distribution of verbal alternations in Japanese.

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تاریخ انتشار 2007