Polysemy: Theoretical and Computational Approaches

By Claudia Leacock

Book Overview

Polysemy is a term used in semantic and lexical analysis to describe a word with multiple meanings. Although such words present few difficulties in everyday communication, they do pose near-intractable problems for linguists and lexicographers. The contributors in this volume consider the implications of these problems for linguistic theory and how they may be addressed in computational linguistics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199250863
• ISBN13: 9780199250868
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 8.8"