Monographic Seminar on Linguistics 1

elective monographs

The course is dedicated to two linguistic networks: wordnet (a net of semantic relations between lexical units) and framenet (frame semantic network).

The course covers semantic networks as a tool of meaning description, i.e. wordnets for lexical relations and framenets for description of events, relations, or entities and their participants as they are used in real texts. I. Apresjan's lexical functions are also discussed as well as their use in I. Mel'chuk's Meaning<=>Text Theory.

Wordnets and framenets for various languages are presented and discussed, particularly Polish wordnet "Słowosieć" and framenet for Polish (RAMKI).

Classroom

The lecture presents major theoretical issues: the concept of lexical unit, the concept of semantic relation, the concept of wordnet and the conception of J. D. Apresjan's lexical functions.

First of the two topics, frame semantics and framenets is discussed in relation to Ch. Fillmore's original deep case theory. The deep syntax layer of the Meaning<=>Text Theory by I. A. Mel'chuk is examinde as an example of a different semantic approach.

An integral part of the course is analysis of the data from wordnets and framenets, with particular respect to Polish databases "Słowosieć" and RAMKI.

The lecture presents major theoretical issues of wordnets and framenets. A substantial part of a course is analysis of the data from wordnets and framenets with special respect to the Polish databases Słowosieć and RAMKI.

The introductory part of the course covers basic theory: a concept of lexical unit, a lexical frame, semantic relations, and lexical functions. Some further remarks deals with the deep and surface linguistic phenomena, then Princeton WordNet and Polish wordnet "Słowosieć" (two largest wordnets of all) are introduced and discussed.

Next part covers deep syntax in two classic Ch. Fillmore's theories - the theory of deep cases and frame semantics, to contrast it J. D. Apresjan's lexical functions are examined as a part of deep syntactic structure in I. A. Mel'chuk's Meaning<=>Text Theory.

http://nlp.pwr.wroc.pl/narzedzia-i-zasoby/slowosiec

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/

https://framenet.icsi.berkeley.edu/fndrupal/

http://www.ramki.uw.edu.pl

Apresjan, I. D., Semantyka leksykalna. Synonimiczne środki języka, przeł. Z. Kozłowska i A. Markowski, Warszawa 1995.

Broda, B., Derwojedowa M., Piasecki M. i Szpakowicz S., Corpus-based Semantic Relatedness for the Construction of Polish WordNet. Proceedings of the 6th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC'08), 2008

Derwojedowa, M., Linde-Usiekniewicz, J, Zawisławska, M., RAMKI: Rygorystyczna aplikacja metodologii kognitywno-interpretacyjnej, Warszawa 2010.

Derwojedowa, M., Zawisławska, M., Relacje semantyczne w Słowosieci, BPTJ LXII.

Derwojedowa, M., Zawisławska, M., Relacje leksykalne w polskiej i czeskiej bazie WordNet [w:] Z polskich studiów slawistycznych seria XI Językoznawstwo, red. Z. Rudnik-Karwatowa.

Fillmore, Ch. J.. Frame semantics." Linguistics in the Morning Calm. Seoul, South Korea: Hanshin Publishing Co., 1982. 111-137.

Fillmore, Ch. J.. The case for case." Universals in Linguistic Theory. Eds. E. Bach, and R. Harms. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968.

Fillmore, Ch. J., and B. T. S. Atkins. Towards a frame-based lexicon: The semantics of RISK and its neighbors." Frames, Fields and Contrasts: New Essays in Semantics and Lexical Organization. Eds. A. Lehrer, and E. Kittay. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1992. 75-102.

Fillmore, Ch.. 1985. Frames and the semantics of understanding. Quaderni di Semantica 6. 223-53.

Grzegorczykowa, R., Wprowadzenie do semantyki językoznawczej Warszawa 1990 lub 2001.

Lyons, J., Semantyka, tłum. A. Weinsberg, Warszawa 1984.

Maziarz, M., Piasecki, M., Szpakowicz, S., Approaching plWordNet 2.0. W Proceedings of the 6th Global Wordnet Conference. Matsue, Japan, January 2012.

Miller, G. A., Beckwith R., Fellbaum Ch., Gross D. and Miller K.J., Introduction to WordNet: an on-line lexical database.' [] International Journal of Lexicography 3 (4), 1990, pp. 235 - 244. ftp://ftp.cogsci.princeton.edu/pub/wordnet/5papers.ps

Mielczuk I. A., Dependency Syntax : Theory and Practice, Albany, N.Y.: The SUNY Press, 1988.

Mielczuk I. A., Lexical Functions in Lexicographic Description. In: Proceedings of the VIIIth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1982, Berkeley: UCB, 427-444.

Zawisławska M., 1998, Rama interpretacyjna jako narzędzie analizy tekstu, [w:] Tekst, analizy i interpretacje, red. J. Bartmiński, B. Boniecka, Lublin.

A student knows basic concepts of the relevant theories, can differnetiate deep and surface syntactic relations. He/she knows how to classify and specify the semantic characteristics of a lexical units in frame semantics and in a wordnet. A student is able to differentiate lexical units according to principles of a framenet/wordnet, he/she can compile a record in both semantic nets for Polish (RAMKI and "Słowosieć").

Test that evaluates students’ ability to apply methods studied to Polish.

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