학술논문
Parameters and procedures for token-based distributional semantics
Document Type
Chapter
Author
Geeraerts, Dirk, author; Speelman, Dirk, author; Heylen, Kris, author; Montes, Mariana, author; De Pascale, Stefano, author; Franco, Karlien, author; Lang, Michael, author
Source
Lexical Variation and Change : A Distributional Semantic Approach, 2023.
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
Whereas Chapter 2 introduced the basic concepts behind the distributional approach to modelling lexical semantics on the level of individual occurrences in an informal way, we now discuss this procedure in technical detail. We introduce the distributional models that are used in this volume and offer an overview of the different parameters that play a role in building them. Distributional modelling indeed implies making a number of choices, from the source of the data and the unit of analysis to the definition of what counts as context and the selection of metrics and algorithms. Accordingly, the chapter focuses on the choices and options that we have included in our workflow, and that shape the models that will appear in following chapters.