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Semantic Change and Semantic Stability: Variation is Key

2019-06-13 15:40:50
Claire Bowern

Abstract

I survey some recent approaches to studying change in the lexicon, particularly change in meaning across phylogenies. I briefly sketch an evolutionary approach to language change and point out some issues in recent approaches to studying semantic change that rely on temporally stratified word embeddings. I draw illustrations from lexical cognate models in Pama-Nyungan to identify meaning classes most appropriate for lexical phylogenetic inference, particularly highlighting the importance of variation in studying change over time.

Abstract (translated)

我调查了一些最近研究词汇变化的方法,特别是跨系统进化意义的变化。我简要地描述了一种语言变化的进化方法,并指出了最近研究语义变化的方法中的一些问题,这些方法依赖于时间分层的单词嵌入。我从Pama Nyungan的词法同源模型中绘制插图,以确定最适合词法系统发育推断的意义类,特别是强调变异在研究随时间变化的重要性。

URL

https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.05760

PDF

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.05760.pdf


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