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There are reasons for positing a word structure

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind. Jack Handy. There are reasons for positing a word structure.

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There are reasons for positing a word structure

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  1. Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind. Jack Handy

  2. There are reasons for positing a word structure

  3. There are at least three conditions on structuring a word w into x.y

  4. There are at least three conditions on structuring w into x.y x is a stem and y is a suffix

  5. There are at least three conditions on structuring w into x.y x is a stem and y is a suffix y selects x

  6. There are at least three conditions on structuring w into x.y x is a stem and y is a suffix y selects x x and y are relevant for the distribution of w

  7. Arguments for x being a stem carries over to an argument that y is a suffix

  8. If x is a stem then x has meaning

  9. If x is a stem then x has meaning stem(x) → meaning(x)

  10. If x is a stem then x has meaning stem(x) → meaning(x) word(x) → meaning(x)

  11. Being a stem is translated into being a word

  12. Being a stem is translated into being a word Pr( stem(x)| w=x.y) ~ Pr(word(x)| w=x.y)

  13. Being a stem is translated into being a word Pr( stem(x)| w=x.y) ~ Pr(word(x)| w=x.y)

  14. Being a stem is translated into being a word Pr( stem(x)| w=x.y) ~ Pr(word(x)| w=x.y)

  15. A beta distribution is used for assigning a probability based on the proportion

  16. A beta distribution is used for assigning a probability based on the proportion beta(positive, negative)

  17. The top ten list

  18. The top ten list

  19. The top ten list

  20. Analyzing easiness

  21. Analyzing termites

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  24. Analyzing termites

  25. The measure of meaning captures the stem and suffix part x is a stem and y is a suffix

  26. Selectional relation is treated as the predictive power of the stem and suffix easiness easi → easi.er, easi.ly ness → readi.ness, fond.ness, hard.ness eas → eas.ier, eas.ily, eas.ter, eas.ton iness → read.iness,

  27. Selectional relation is treated as the predictive power of the stem and suffix easiness easi → easi.er, easi.ly ness → readi.ness, fond.ness, hard.ness eas → eas.ier, eas.ily, eas.ter, eas.ton iness → read.iness,

  28. Selectional relation is treated as the predictive power of the stem and suffix easiness easi → easi.er, easi.ly ness → readi.ness, fond.ness, hard.ness eas → eas.ier, eas.ily, eas.ter, eas.ton iness → read.iness,

  29. Combining the endings from the stem and the starts from the suffix results in a collection of possible words

  30. The first hypothesis is easi.ness easi → .er, .ly ness → readi., fond., hard. readi.er, readi.ly, fond.er, fond.ly, hard.er, hard.ly 5 positive 1 negative approx 90%

  31. The second hypothesis is eas.iness eas → .ier,.ily,.ter,.ton iness → read. read.ier, read.ily, read.ter, read.ton 1 positive 3 negative, 25%

  32. easi.ness is best on both accounts and is the preferred analysis

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