[Corpora-List] Distance & word context.

[J Washtell]

Hello all,

This list is stimulating as always. I feel it is my turn to throw some  
questions around :-)

Can anybody point me towards works (however old or new) that exploit  
the distance between terms in a corpus (such as, but not restricted  
to, the use of "distance-weighted" context windows). The specific  
applications are not important; I am interested in any works that deal  
with the concept of distance as opposed to (or in addition to) say  
frequency counts or roles/positions within grammatical constructs.

Related to this, I am also interested in any work that courts the  
notion of link-distance between words and texts within hypertext  
structures (such as the Web); again, specific applications are  
unimportant.

Finally (for the moment :-)), does anybody know of any (perhaps more  
linguistically oriented) works that discuss the existence/importance  
of *very* long range dependencies and associations in text (e.g.  
Dear... Yours, Results... Conclusion, etc), and the role these play  
when considering word context.

Kindest regards to all,

Justin Washtell
University of Leeds

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