Polysemy and Synonymy in Syntactic Dependency Networks

J 2017

Polysemy and Synonymy in Syntactic Dependency Networks

CECH, Radek, Jan MACUTEK, Zdeněk ŽABOKRTSKÝ and Aleš HORÁK

Basic information

Original name

Polysemy and Synonymy in Syntactic Dependency Networks

Authors

CECH, Radek (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Jan MACUTEK (203 Czech Republic), Zdeněk ŽABOKRTSKÝ (203 Czech Republic) and Aleš HORÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Digital Scholarship Humanities, Oxford University Press, 2017, 2055-7671

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.563

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14330/17:00094465

Organization unit

Faculty of Informatics

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqv028

UT WoS

000398126100003

Keywords in English

polysemy;synonymy;semantic networks;wordnet

Abstract

V originále

The relationship between two important semantic properties (polysemy and synonymy) of language and one of the most fundamental syntactic network properties (a degree of the node) is observed. Based on the synergetic theory of language, it is hypothesized that a word which occurs in more syntactic contexts, i.e. it has a higher degree, should be more polysemous and have more synonyms than a word which occurs in less syntactic contexts, i.e. it has a lesser degree. Six languages are used for hypotheses testing and, tentatively, the hypotheses are corroborated. The analysis of syntactic dependency networks presented in this study brings a new interpretation of the well-known relationship between frequency and polysemy (or synonymy).

Links

GAP401/10/0792, research and development project

Name: Temporální aspekty znalostí a informací

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

LM2010013, research and development project

Name: LINDAT-CLARIN: Institut pro analýzu, zpracování a distribuci lingvistických dat (Acronym: LINDAT-Clarin)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

VF20102014003, research and development project

Name: Analýza přirozeného jazyka v prostředí internetu (Acronym: APJI)

Investor: Ministry of the Interior of the CR

Citovat

CECH, Radek, Jan MACUTEK, Zdeněk ŽABOKRTSKÝ and Aleš HORÁK. Polysemy and Synonymy in Syntactic Dependency Networks. Digital Scholarship Humanities. Oxford University Press, 2017, vol. 32, No 1, p. 36-49. ISSN 2055-7671. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqv028.

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CECH, Radek, Jan MACUTEK, Zdeněk ŽABOKRTSKÝ and Aleš HORÁK. Polysemy and Synonymy in Syntactic Dependency Networks. \textit{Digital Scholarship Humanities}. Oxford University Press, 2017, vol.~32, No~1, p.~36-49. ISSN~2055-7671. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqv028.

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