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SUMMARY:[Online talk] - Linguists who use probabilistic models love them: 
 An introduction to Functional Distributional Semantics - Dr Guy Emerson (D
 ept. of Computer Sciences and Technology\, University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20200507T160000Z
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CONTACT:Julia Heine
DESCRIPTION:My research has a foot in two worlds: the logical world of for
 mal semantics\, and the data-driven world of distributional semantics.  Th
 e aim of formal semantics is to develop mathematical models of meaning\, w
 ith a particular focus on semantic composition and logical inference. The 
 aim of distributional semantics is to develop computational models of mean
 ing\, using algorithms that can be run on a corpus of text. In this talk\,
  I will present Functional Distributional Semantics\, a framework which em
 beds a formal semantic model inside a probabilistic computational model\, 
 with benefits in both directions.  From the computational perspective\, I 
 will show how formal semantic structure enables the model to learn informa
 tion not captured by mainstream distributional semantic models (vector spa
 ce models).  From the formal perspective\, I will show how a probabilistic
  approach can shed light on phenomena such as vagueness\, generic sentence
 s\, and donkey anaphora.
LOCATION:Online
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