The Polysemy of Da3: An ontology-based lexical semantic study

  • Hong, Jia-Fei (National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Linguistics) ;
  • Huang, Chu-Ren (Institute of Linguistics Academia Sinica) ;
  • Ahrens, Kathleen (National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Linguistics)
  • Published : 2007.11.01

Abstract

In this study, we explore the polysemy of da3 through the ontological conceptual structure found in SUMO. First, we divide several different senses for da3, clustering physical event senses and metaphorical event senses. In here, we only focus on physical event senses of da3. From the physical event senses of da3, we divide them into two main categories: 1) hit and 2) pump. We then use SUMO ontological concepts to identify these physical senses. Finally, we can observe the common patterns of the "hit" sense group and the "pump" sense group for da3.

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