Abstract
We discuss the open question of the relation between semantics and nominal class assignment in Swahili. We approach the problem from a computational perspective, aiming first to quantify the extent of this relation, and then to explicate its nature, taking extra care to suppress morphosyntactic confounds. Our results are the first of their kind, providing a quantitative evaluation of the semantic cohesion of each nominal class, as well as a nuanced taxonomic description of its semantic content.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Tenth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-it 2024), Pisa, Italy, December 4-6, 2024 |
| Publisher | CEUR |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 2024 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Conference publication |
| Event | Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics - Pisa, Italy Duration: 4 Dec 2024 → 6 Dec 2024 Conference number: 10 https://clic2024.ilc.cnr.it/ |
Publication series
| Name | CEUR Workshop Proceedings |
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| Publisher | CEUR |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1613-0073 |
Conference
| Conference | Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics |
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| Abbreviated title | CliC-it |
| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Pisa |
| Period | 04/12/2024 → 06/12/2024 |
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