Computer Laboratory

Course pages 2012–13

Word Meaning and Discourse Understanding

Session 1: 5/10/2013. Background to lexical semantics and word senses. Handout.

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  • Cruse, chapter 6 (sense ambiguity tests) Scanned Version
  • Cruse, chapter 3 (anomaly, semantic traits)
  • Cruse, chapter 2 and 5 for terminology and some core concepts

Session 2: 12/10/2011. Word sense disambiguation (WSD) algorithms. Handout.

Coursework 1 (ticked).

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Session 3: 19/10/2011. Semantic Spaces and Semantic Similarity. Handout.

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Session 4: 26/10/2011. The Semantics of Verbs. Selectional Restrictions, subcategorisation and thematic roles. FrameNet. Handout.

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Session 5: 2/11/2011. Figurative Language and Sentiment. Handout.

Coursework 2 (assessed).

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Session 6: 9/11/2011. Coherence in Text. Handout.

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Session 7: 16/11/2011. Coreference and Anaphora Resolution. Handout.

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Session 8: 23/11/2011. Discourse Models. Scanned List of RST Relations here

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