18.3312, Qs: Classification of Causal Expressions in English

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Subject: 18.3312, Qs: Classification of Causal Expressions in English

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Date: 09-Nov-2007
From: Irina Temnikova < i.temnikova2 at wlv.ac.uk >
Subject: Classification of Causal Expressions in English

 

	
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Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:25:15
From: Irina Temnikova [i.temnikova2 at wlv.ac.uk]
Subject: Classification of Causal Expressions in English
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Dear all, 

I am a MPhil/PhD student, who is working on causal relations identification
in the
Computational linguistics field. For my research I need to discover a
universally accepted and, as much as possible, complete classification of
causal expressions in English, classified on the basis of different
criteria, such as their form (complex, simple), semantic roles (cause,
reason, purpose, etc.), grammatical function, etc.

Does anybody know about the existence of such classification? Or if not,
could you suggest me any relevant works to consult in order to get a
clearer idea?

Thanks in advance,

Irina Temnikova 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics





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