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VP-ellipsis, Stripping, and the Functions of the Delimiter -to in Korean

  • Kim, So-Jee;Cho, Sae-Youn
    • 한국언어정보학회지:언어와정보
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.93-110
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    • 2016
  • VP-ellipsis constructions in English can be schematized as S + [NP finite-AUX __ ] where the underlined part is understood to be a VP. Similarly, the pattern S + NP[-to] can be observed in Korean colloquial contexts. Though the English VP-ellipsis sentence pattern and the Korean pattern superficially seem to be similar, the Korean pattern exhibits peculiar properties: Syntactically, the NP of the pattern should have the delimiter -to. Semantically, it may convey ambiguous readings: VP-ellipsis-like and/or Stripping-like interpretation. To account for the pattern at issue, we propose a base-generated analysis driven by the delimiter -to within a construction grammar. We claim that the mother of the NP[-to] in this pattern is an S whose meaning is ambiguous between a VP-ellipsis-like and a Stripping-like reading. Consequently, the code of the VP-ellipsis in English is finite auxiliary verbs while that of the pattern S + NP[-to] in Korean is the delimiter -to.

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Initialness of Sentence-final Particles in Mandarin Chinese

  • Huang, Xiao You Kevin
    • 한국언어정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국언어정보학회 2007년도 정기학술대회
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    • pp.182-191
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    • 2007
  • This paper gives a thorough investigation into Mandarin sentence-final particles (henceforth SFPs). First I induce core grammatical functions and semantic interpretations of SFPs. Based on Rizzi's (1997) Split CP hypothesis, I make some modifications to accommodate Mandarin SFPs and map them onto separate functional heads within a proper hierarchy. I also examine some empirical evidence of head directionality and tentatively assume Mandarin C is head-initial. To explain the surface head-final order, in light of Chomsky's (2001) Phase Theory and Hsieh's (2005) revised Spell-out hypothesis, I pose a CP complement to Spec movement. Following Moro's (2000) idea, I further claim the motivation behind is to seek for antisymetry.

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Semantics of Focus

  • Yoon, Young-Eun
    • 한국언어정보학회지:언어와정보
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    • 제1권
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    • pp.137-179
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    • 1997
  • This paper discusses several basic issues of the 'focus' phenomenon. One of them is the issue of the nature of focus, i.e., what constituent of the sentences gets focused. Another is the issue of to what aspect of meaning the focus contributes. The other is the issue of the functions of focus-sensitive operators. As for the first issue, it is observed that the basic function of focus is to mark all and only the new information of the sentence. But for the cases in which this principle is not observed, it is proposed that the focus in these cases in general plays a secondary function of triggering an additional emphatic scalar meaning. And yet, in these cases, the state of the matter is different between free focus and bound focus. It is also shown that contrary to the general belief that free focus contributes to the meaning semantically. Concerning focus-sensitive operators, we classify them into two groups, i.e., quantificational and scalar operators, and try to formalize their meaning in the framework of Pulman's(1997) 'higher order unification theory'.

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GNI Corpus Version 1.0: Annotated Full-Text Corpus of Genomics & Informatics to Support Biomedical Information Extraction

  • Oh, So-Yeon;Kim, Ji-Hyeon;Kim, Seo-Jin;Nam, Hee-Jo;Park, Hyun-Seok
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • 제16권3호
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    • pp.75-77
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    • 2018
  • Genomics & Informatics (NLM title abbreviation: Genomics Inform) is the official journal of the Korea Genome Organization. Text corpus for this journal annotated with various levels of linguistic information would be a valuable resource as the process of information extraction requires syntactic, semantic, and higher levels of natural language processing. In this study, we publish our new corpus called GNI Corpus version 1.0, extracted and annotated from full texts of Genomics & Informatics, with NLTK (Natural Language ToolKit)-based text mining script. The preliminary version of the corpus could be used as a training and testing set of a system that serves a variety of functions for future biomedical text mining.

음성출력/학습기능을 지원하는 컴퓨터용어 약어 전자사전 설계 (A Design of Electronic Dictionary for Computer English Abbreviation Supporting Voice and Study Functions)

  • 김홍섭;이현걸;김철호;이금석
    • 한국정보과학회 언어공학연구회:학술대회논문집(한글 및 한국어 정보처리)
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    • 한국정보과학회언어공학연구회 1992년도 제4회 한글 및 한국어정보처리 학술대회
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    • pp.347-357
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    • 1992
  • 컴퓨터용어에 대한 약어들을 기존 사건관리 방법에서 벗어나 컴퓨터에 수록하여, 음성을 포함한 한글 및 영문풀이 조회, 추가등록, 삭제, 수정을 가능케 하여 어휘변화 및 의미파악에 신속히 대처하고, 영문, 한글 단어를 이용한 약어검색 기능과 시스템에서 임의로 문제를 출제, 학습자 수준을 측정해볼 수 있는 컴퓨터 보조학습(CAI)과 knowledge base 교체시 타분야에서 활용이 가능하도록 DB화한 약어 전문가체제로, 업무 활용자(학습자)와 컴퓨터 상호작용에 의한 개인차를 극복할 수 있도록 컴퓨터용어 약어 전자사전을 설계하였다.

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한국어 특수조사 '도'의 의미, 문맥적 기능 분석 (An Analysis of the Semantic and Discourse Functions of the Korean Special Marker '-to')

  • 박준경;박종철
    • 한국정보과학회 언어공학연구회:학술대회논문집(한글 및 한국어 정보처리)
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    • 한국정보과학회언어공학연구회 1999년도 제11회 한글 및 한국어 정보처리 학술대회
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    • pp.324-331
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    • 1999
  • 본 논문은 한국어의 특수조사, 특히 '도'의 의미, 문맥적 기능에 대하여 다루고 있다. '도'는 문맥의 자연스러운 연결에 있어서 중요한 역할을 수행한다. '도'가 쓰인 문장의 배경에는 반드시 일정한 전제가 존재한다. 전제는 그 문장의 의미 뿐만 아니라 기존 문맥과도 직접적으로 연관된다. 본 논문에서는 '같음', '유사함', '극한', '첨가' 및 병렬문에서 쓰이는 다섯 가지 '도'의 기능에 대하여 설명하고, alternatives semantics를 이용하여 이를 결합범주문법(CCG)에서 구현하는 방법을 제시한다.

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대화 예제와 아젠다를 이용한 음성 인식 오류에 강인한 대화 관리 방법 (Robust Dialog Management with N-best Hypotheses Using Dialog Examples and Agenda)

  • 이청재;정상근;김경덕;이근배
    • 한국정보과학회 언어공학연구회:학술대회논문집(한글 및 한국어 정보처리)
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    • 한국정보과학회언어공학연구회 2008년도 제20회 한글 및 한국어 정보처리 학술대회
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    • pp.156-161
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    • 2008
  • This work presents an agenda-based approach to improve the robustness of the dialog manager by using dialog examples and n-best recognition hypotheses. This approach supports n-best hypotheses in the dialog manager and keeps track of the dialog state using a discourse interpretation algorithm with the agenda graph and focus stack. Given the agenda graph and n-best hypotheses, the system can predict the next system actions to maximize multi-level score functions. To evaluate the proposed method, a spoken dialog system for a building guidance robot was developed. Preliminary evaluation shows this approach would be effective to improve the robustness of example-based dialog modeling.

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Automatic Adverb Error Correction in Korean Learners' EFL Writing

  • Kim, Jee-Eun
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • 제5권3호
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 2009
  • This paper describes ongoing work on the correction of adverb errors committed by Korean learners studying English as a foreign language (EFL), using an automated English writing assessment system. Adverb errors are commonly found in learners 'writings, but handling those errors rarely draws an attention in natural language processing due to complicated characteristics of adverb. To correctly detect the errors, adverbs are classified according to their grammatical functions, meanings and positions within a sentence. Adverb errors are collected from learners' sentences, and classified into five categories adopting a traditional error analysis. The error classification in conjunction with the adverb categorization is implemented into a set of mal-rules which automatically identifies the errors. When an error is detected, the system corrects the error and suggests error specific feedback. The feedback includes the types of errors, a corrected string of the error and a brief description of the error. This attempt suggests how to improve adverb error correction method as well as to provide richer diagnostic feedback to the learners.

The Positive Role of Mother Tongue as Written Form in English Class

  • 이은표
    • 영어어문교육
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    • 제7권1호
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    • pp.21-34
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    • 2001
  • Using mother tongue in English classroom is controversial. Native speaking instructors seem to be for English-only classes whereas many Korean teachers of English feel it's effective to conduct classes in Korean especially for explaining usages and functions of certain grammar or new vocabulary. In fact, many studies have supported using mother tongue. However, excessive use of it hinders students from practicing the target language. Obviously it doesn't necessarily have to be all or nothing system. The study shows the positive role of mother tongue in written form based on the results of the students' academic performance at Chung-Ang University's summer program 2000. The results indicate that using mother tongue in written form helps beginning level students understand grammar and vocabulary more effectively, leads them to do better on tests than those of English-only class, and encourages them to actively get involved in class discussion and responses.

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Transformation Methodology : From the Farmer Model To Component Interface meta Model

  • Park, Soo-Hyun;Min, Sung-Gi;Kim, Tai-Suk
    • 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한전자공학회 2000년도 ITC-CSCC -1
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    • pp.545-548
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    • 2000
  • A fundamental tenet of CBD is that a component has a specification which describes what that component does, and how it behaves when its services are used. In general, the implementation may be written in a different programming language and execute on different technology platform, from the language and platform used by the client program. In order to implement practically the system that is designed by the Farmer model, there is need to have the ISM (Interface Specification Model) which explains specification about the functions of entities of the Farmer model, such as, entity node, aspect node and ILB/OLB. This paper suggests the transformation methodology from the concepts of the Farmer model to the mapping notions of the ISM. Also in reality, TMN agents system which is designed by the Farmer model is transformed to the ISM system design.

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