Word Meaning Representation and Negotiation

titleWord Meaning Representation and Negotiation
start_date2025/03/21
schedule11h
onlineyes
location_infosalle Paul Erdős (A115) / en visioconférence
summaryWord meaning is one of the most elusive notions in Linguistics, characterized by its abstract, complex, subjective, and ever-evolving nature. To what extent can distributional-based computational methods capture this complexity? And do we all truly mean the same things when we use the same words? In this talk, I will present my research on these and related questions, focusing on two key directions: the computational representation of word meaning and the dynamics of word understanding in interaction. I will discuss how subword-based tokenization impacts word representations and how speakers navigate and resolve word-related misunderstandings in conversation.
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