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Panel on Lexical Units Compounds as words

Panel on Lexical Units Compounds as words . Piek Vossen, Irion Technologies & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Global Wordnet Conference Szeged, Hungary, 22-25 Jan 2008. Are all compounds words? Are all compounds types?. water = H2O and is a type of substance

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Panel on Lexical Units Compounds as words

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  1. Panel on Lexical UnitsCompounds as words Piek Vossen, Irion Technologies & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Global Wordnet Conference Szeged, Hungary, 22-25 Jan 2008

  2. Are all compounds words?Are all compounds types? • water = H2O and is a type of substance {theewater}NL ('tea water' => for making tea) {koffiewater}NL ('coffee water' => for making coffee) {bluswater}NL (=> for extinguishing file) • Many compounds refer to sets of types in specific circumstances; • Do not represent new disjunct types • Are dependent on these types Global Wordnet Conference, Szeged, Hungary, 22-25 jan 2008

  3. Water used for a purpose • theewater (for making tea) • koffiewater (for making coffee) • bluswater (for extinguishing fire) • scheerwater (for shaving) • afwaswater (for cleaning dishes) • waswater (for washing) • badwater (for bathing) • koelwater (for cooling) • spoelwater (for flushing) • drinkwater (for drinking) Global Wordnet Conference, Szeged, Hungary, 22-25 jan 2008

  4. Water occurring somewhere or originating from • putwater (in a well) • slootwater (in a ditch) • oppervlaktewater (at the surface) • welwater (out of a spring) • leidingwater, gemeentepils, kraanwater (out of the tap) • gootwater (in the kitchen sink or gutter) • grachtwater (in a canal) • kwelwater (coming from underneath a dike) • grondwater, grondwater (in the ground) • buiswater (on a ship) Global Wordnet Conference, Szeged, Hungary, 22-25 jan 2008

  5. Being the result of a process • pompwater (being pumped away) • smeltwater, dooiwater (melting snow and ice) • afvalwater (waste water) • condens, condensatiewater, condenswater (from condensation) • lekwater (leaking water) • regenwater (rain water) • spuiwater (being drained for water maintenance) Global Wordnet Conference, Szeged, Hungary, 22-25 jan 2008

  6. Availability & cliché • Compositionality is not sufficient criteria • All combinations are possible but not all combinations occur within language-culture • We know (have statistical intuition) that a compound is available for use in a language community • Availability 'hinders' (mildly blocks) other constructs: • not using the cliché confuses people • using the cliché confirms interpretation (releases the stereotypes and associations) • Language generation point of view Global Wordnet Conference, Szeged, Hungary, 22-25 jan 2008

  7. Non-systematicity of compounds muziek (music) (89,300,000) muziekinstrument (musical instrument) muzikant (musician) klassieke muziek (classical music) (1,130,000) gitaarmuziek (guitar music) (35,300) gitarist (guitarist) (1,400,000) drums piano trompet (trumpet) popmuziek (pop music) (515,000) pianomuziek (piano music) (33,600) pianist (piano player) gitaar (guitar) saxophone jazzmuziek (jazz music) (33,200) trompetmuziek (trumpet music) (1,200) drummer countrygitaar (country guitar) (189-1,390) jazzgitarist (9,380) (jazz guitar player) saxmuziek (sax music) (28) country muziek (country music) acoustische gitarist (acoustic guitar player) (94-2) drummuziek (drum music) (394) popgitaarmuziek (pop guitar music) (0-5-6,-0) jazzgitaar (jazz guitar) (4,730-3,410) gitaarpopmuziek (guitar pop music) (60-6-8-4) electrische gitarist (electric guitar player) (154) klassieke gitaar (classical guitar) (20,700) jazzgitaarmuziek (jazz guitar music) (1-8-5-2) countrygitaarmuziek (country guitar music) (0-0-2-0) electrische gitaar (electric guitar) (28,800) jazzdrummer (jazz drummer) (9,820) acoustische gitaar (acoustic guitar) (8,400) klassieke gitaarmuziek (classical guitar music) (271-364) klassieke pianomuziek (classical piano music) (647) country giratist (0) (country guitar player) Global Wordnet Conference, Szeged, Hungary, 22-25 jan 2008

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