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Semantics and Paradigmatic Relations of Exclusion and Opposition

The presentation explores the concepts of incompatibility, co-taxonymy, and opposition in semantics. It delves into how certain terms exclude others within a set and the various forms of opposition such as complementaries and antonymy. Examples like "Women, Queen, Mother, Servant, Teacher" illustrat

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Unveiling Polarity with Polarity-Inducing Latent Semantic Analysis

Polarity-Inducing Latent Semantic Analysis (PILSA) introduces a novel vector space model that distinguishes antonyms from synonyms. By encoding polarity information, synonyms cluster closely while antonyms are positioned at opposite ends of a unit sphere. Existing models struggle with finer distinct

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Understanding Lexical Relations in Language

Explore the concepts of synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy, and prototype in linguistics. Learn about words with closely related meanings (synonyms), opposite meanings (antonyms), inclusive meanings (hyponyms), and characteristic examples (prototypes) within lexical relations.

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Understanding Analyticity and Antonymy Concepts

Explore concepts like analyticity, paraphrases, antonymy, and binary antonyms in this practice exercise. Learn about sense relations, contradictory statements, and word opposites. Dive into identifying binary antonyms and understanding four-way contrasts. Enhance your understanding of semantics and

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