Adverb classification ∗

English Adverb Processing in Japanese-to-English Machine Translation

When translating between different language families, the correspondence between language elements are often not straightforward. This paper analyzes Japanese expressions which correspond to English adverbs. We classify the expressions into three types which are translated differently. An adverb processing method in J-to-E machine translation using this classification is proposed.

Korean Adverb Ordering in English-Korean Machine Translation Using Clustering

This paper proposes an approach to determine the ordering of Korean adverb by using clustering method for making sentences more natural at the generation stage of English-Korean machine translation system. After observing the feature information of Korean adverb classified by scholars of Korean literature, we analyze an adverb ordering about the feature information. Afterwards, we extract conse...

Construction of Adverb Dictionary that Relates to Speaker Attitudes and Evaluation of Its Effectiveness

Adverbs can express a speaker’s attitude in a given situation on a specific matter. We constructed an adverb dictionary in which the attitude of the speaker is described. We also looked into whether or not adverbs could effectively be used as basic data to analyze reputations. We conducted three kinds of experiments to verify how effective and precise our dictionary was. First, we calculated th...

The Study of Stage-like Development of Morpho-syntactic Structures in EFL Learners’ Writing Performance: A Processability Theory Account for Cases of “Plural -s” and “Adverb Fronting”

English Adverb Generation in Japanese to English Machine Translation

This paper proposes an English adverb ordering method based on adverb grammatical functions (subjuncts, adjuncts, disjuncts and conjuncts) and meanings (process, space, t ime etc.), preferred positions in sentences (initial, medial, end, pre, post), and priorities between adverbs with the same preferred position.

Sentiment Analysis: Adjectives and Adverbs are Better than Adjectives Alone

To date, there is almost no work on the use of adverbs in sentiment analysis, nor has there been any work on the use of adverb-adjective combinations (AACs). We propose an AAC-based sentiment analysis technique that uses a linguistic analysis of adverbs of degree. We define a set of general axioms (based on a classification of adverbs of degree into five categories) that all adverb scoring tech...