在主要的印欧语言的语义演变的异常扩散分析
Bogdán Asztalos1, Gergely Palla1,2, Dániel Czégel3,4
1Deptartment of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary.
PloS one
|March 26, 2024
概括
单词在不同语言中以次扩散方式演变,这是语义变化的普遍规律. 这一发现揭示了词语含义随着时间的推移而变化的一致模式,挑战了以前的假设.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 计算语言学 计算语言学
- 复杂的系统复杂的系统.
背景情况:
- 语义演变,即单词含义的变化,受到语言,社会和技术因素的影响.
- 了解支配语义变化的普遍规律是语言学的一个关键挑战.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定统一的规律,统治语义演变跨语言.
- 研究意义空间中语义变化的扩散过程.
主要方法:
- 开发了一个自动化管道用于二次分布式语义嵌入.
- 在语义变化中控制底层对称性.
- 分析了五种主要的印欧语言中单词含义的随机轨迹.
主要成果:
- 语义演变是跨语言的普遍亚扩散,具有异常扩散指数α = 0.45 ± 0.05.
- 在语义变化方向中的时间相关性对于亚扩散行为至关重要.
- 变化大小的相关性也显著影响语义变化动态.
结论:
- 语义变化遵循一个普遍的亚扩散定律,与正常扩散不同.
- 这些发现为理解语义演变提供了定量框架.
- 这项研究提供了关于推动语言变化的基本机制的见解.
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