Vector Semantics

This open access book introduces Vector semantics, which links the formal theory of word vectors to the cognitive theory of linguistics. The computational linguists and deep learning researchers who developed word vectors have relied primarily on the ever-increasing availability of large corpora and...

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Main Author: Kornai, András
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature 2023
Springer
SZTAKI
Edition:1
Series:Cognitive Technologies
Subjects:
algebraic semantic
Artificial intelligence
Artificial Neural Nets
Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Computational and corpus linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Computer science
Computer Technology
Computing and Information Technology
dynamic embeddings
embeddings
Expert systems / knowledge-based systems
explainable AI
knowledge bases
Language and Linguistics
Language Arts
lexical semantics
Linguistics
Literature: history and criticism
Machine learning
Natural language and machine translation
Natural Language Processing
Nonfiction
Semantics
word vectors
ISBN:9811956073, 9789811956072, 9811956065, 9789811956065
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Summary:This open access book introduces Vector semantics, which links the formal theory of word vectors to the cognitive theory of linguistics. The computational linguists and deep learning researchers who developed word vectors have relied primarily on the ever-increasing availability of large corpora and of computers with highly parallel GPU and TPU compute engines, and their focus is with endowing computers with natural language capabilities for practical applications such as machine translation or question answering. Cognitive linguists investigate natural language from the perspective of human cognition, the relation between language and thought, and questions about conceptual universals, relying primarily on in-depth investigation of language in use. In spite of the fact that these two schools both have ‘linguistics’ in their name, so far there has been very limited communication between them, as their historical origins, data collection methods, and conceptual apparatuses are quite different. Vector semantics bridges the gap by presenting a formal theory, cast in terms of linear polytopes, that generalizes both word vectors and conceptual structures, by treating each dictionary definition as an equation, and the entire lexicon as a set of equations mutually constraining all meanings.
Bibliography:Electronic reproduction. Dordrecht: Springer, 2022. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
ISBN:9811956073
9789811956072
9811956065
9789811956065
DOI:10.1007/978-981-19-5607-2