Lexicon of Changes: Towards the Evaluation of Diachronic Semantic Shift in Chinese

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Abstract

Recent research has brought a wind of using computational approaches to the classic topic of semantic change, aiming to tackle one of the most challenging issues in the evolution of human language. While several methods for detecting semantic change have been proposed, such studies are limited to a few languages, where evaluation datasets are available. This paper presents the first dataset for evaluating Chinese semantic change in contexts preceding and following the Reform and Opening-up, covering a 50-year period in Modern Chinese. Following the DURel framework, we collected 6,000 human judgments for the dataset. We also reported the performance of alignment-based word embedding models on this evaluation dataset, achieving high and significant correlation scores.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLChange 2022 - 3rd International Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change 2022, Proceedings of the Workshop
EditorsNina Tahmasebi, Syrielle Montariol, Andrey Kutuzov, Simon Hengchen, Haim Dubossarsky, Lars Borin
PublisherAssociation for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
Pages113-118
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781955917421
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2022
Event3rd International Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change, LChange 2022 - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 26 May 202227 May 2022

Publication series

NameLChange 2022 - 3rd International Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change 2022, Proceedings of the Workshop

Conference

Conference3rd International Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change, LChange 2022
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period26/05/2227/05/22

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Software

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