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Authors: Vera Sheinman and Takenobu Tokunaga

Affiliation: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Keyword(s): Adjective-scales, Patterns, Web-based, Second language learning, Gradation, Computational linguistics.

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Abstract: In this study we introduce AdjScales, a method for scaling similar adjectives by their strength. It combines existing Web-based computational linguistic techniques in order to automatically differentiate similar adjectives that describe the same property by strength. Though this kind of information is rarely present in most of the lexical resources and dictionaries, it might be useful for language learners that try to distinguish between similar words and that want to capture the differences from a single structure. Additionally, AdjScales might be used by constructors of lexical resources in order to enrich them. The method is evaluated by comparison with annotation on a subset of adjectives from WordNet by four native English speakers. The collected annotation is an interesting resource by its own right. This work is a first step towards automatic differentiation of meaning between similar words for learners.

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Paper citation in several formats:
Sheinman, V. and Tokunaga, T. (2009). ADJSCALES: DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN SIMILAR ADJECTIVES FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-8111-82-1; ISSN 2184-5026, SciTePress, pages 228-234. DOI: 10.5220/0001972602280234

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TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU
TI - ADJSCALES: DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN SIMILAR ADJECTIVES FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS
SN - 978-989-8111-82-1
IS - 2184-5026
AU - Sheinman, V.
AU - Tokunaga, T.
PY - 2009
SP - 228
EP - 234
DO - 10.5220/0001972602280234
PB - SciTePress