Fuzzy Representation Systems in Linguistic Semantics An Empirical Approach to the Reconstruction of Lexical Meanings from East- and West-German Newspapers∗
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Word Semantics is gaining increasing importance within linguistics. Due to the fact that both, formal and operational means have been devised to analyse and represent word connotation and/or denotation adequately, this paper discusses some of the empirical problems connected with natural languages’ essentially varying and vague meanings, how these can be analysed statistically from discourse data, and represented formally as fuzzy system of vocabulary mappings. Some examples computed from Eastand West-German newspaper texts will be to illustrate the approach’s feasibility.
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Fuzzy Word Meaning Analysis And Representation In Linguistic Semantics. An Empirical Approach To The Reconstruction Of Lexical Meanings In East- And West-German Newspaper Texts
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