[Corpora-List] Ambiguous words in English and their frequency
Linda Bawcom
linda.bawcom at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jan 26 04:06:44 UTC 2012
Subject: Re: [Corpora-List] Ambiguous words in English and their frequency
Dear Karen,
(I had to send this to the corpora list because I get bounced mail for you).
I would like to help but am unsure what you mean by an ambiguous word. I can
understand that a particular word in a sentence might be ambiguous. For
example, "Mary's a funny person" could mean that she is comical or that she is
strange. However, words are used in some kind of context. Therefore, in the
example, 'funny' is only ambiguous if I have insufficient context to help me
decide the particular use of that polysemous word. In short, I believe we do not
think of words themselves as being ambiguous. What may be ambiguous (e.g. in
need of clarification) is the way a word/phrase is used in a particular context
or context of situation. Perhaps you can offer a few examples. Apart from
that, I can only offer the following from my small data base where ambiguity is
discussed:
Aspects of English (2nd) 202,205,262,264,270 etc. Bolinger,D. Harcourt 1975
Discourse Structure &Anaphora 3,48,50-4,56-7,60,108,123,128,131 Fox, Barbara A.
CUP 1987
Computational Analysis of English 21,26,27,39,43,51, etc.
Garside,R.Leech.G.Sampson, G.. Longman 1987
Corpora in Applied Ling. 44-5,145,149 Hunston, Susan CUP 2002
Semantics (2nd edition) 31,38,42-3,48-50,86,105-8etc Palmer, F.R. CUP 1981
Corpus, Concordance,Col 104-05 Sinclair, John OUP 1991
Relational Models of the Lexicon 114,117,227 Walton Evens, M. (ed) CUP 1988
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity 84 Hirst,Graeme CUP 1987
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity 7-Sep Hirst,Graeme CUP
1987
Text and Corpus Analysis 188-9 Stubbs, Michael Blackwell 1996
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity 139.141 Hirst,Graeme CUP
1987
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity 145 Hirst,Graeme CUP
1987
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity 5-6,86,92-4,143,149,157
Hirst,Graeme CUP 1987
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity 4-6,69,112,157,212-13
Hirst,Graeme CUP 1987
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity 11 Hirst,Graeme CUP 1987
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity 212 Hirst,Graeme CUP
1987
Relational Models of the Lexicon 291-92,316,319,33,328-29 Walton Evens, M. (ed)
CUP 1988
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity Hirst,Graeme CUP 1987
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity 9-12,38,131-152,215
Hirst,Graeme CUP 1987
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity 131-36 Hirst,Graeme CUP
1987
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity 150-52 Hirst,Graeme CUP
1987
Semantic Interpretation and the Resolution of Ambiguity 134-36 Hirst,Graeme CUP
1987
Kindest regards,
Linda Bawcom
Kindest regards,
Linda Bawcom
________________________________
From: "FORT, Karen" <Karen.FORT at inist.fr>
To: "corpora at uib.no" <corpora at uib.no>
Sent: Wed, January 25, 2012 1:33:02 PM
Subject: [Corpora-List] Ambiguous words in English and their frequency
Hi all,
I need to find this information (the proportion of ambiguous words in English
and their frequency).
For example, we know that in French 8% of the words represent 30% of the
ambiguity.
Of course, it's very rough, but it's only to have a rough idea.
Can somebody help me with this (of course, I searched for a ref but could not
find anything precise)?
Thank you in advance,
Regards,
Karën FORT
Ingénieure/Engineer et/and doctorante/PhD student
INIST-CNRS / LIPN
2, allée de Brabois
54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy
France
Bureau/Office: H112
+33 (0)3 83 50 46 36
http://www-lipn.univ-paris13.fr/~fort/
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