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| | | The '''distributional hypothesis''' is that words found in the same [[context]]s usually have similar [[meaning]]s. The hypothesis is associated with [[Zellig Harris]] and [[J. R. Firth]]. |
| The '''distributional hypothesis''' in [[linguistics]] is that words that occur in the same contexts tend to have similar meanings ([[Zellig Harris|Harris]], 1954). The underlying idea that "a word is characterized by the company it keeps" was popularized by [[J. R. Firth|Firth]] (1957). The Distributional Hypothesis is the basis for [[statistical semantics|statistical semantics]]. Although the Distributional Hypothesis originated in Linguistics, it is now receiving attention in [[cognitive science|cognitive science]] (McDonald and Ramscar, 2001). | |
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.dmi.columbia.edu/zellig/ Zellig S. Harris]
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Co-occurrence]]
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| *[[J. R. Firth]]
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| *[[Zellig Harris]]
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| *[[Statistical semantics]]
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| ==References==
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| * Firth, J.R. (1957). A synopsis of linguistic theory 1930-1955. In ''Studies in Linguistic Analysis'', pp. 1-32. Oxford: Philological Society. Reprinted in F.R. Palmer (ed.), ''Selected Papers of J.R. Firth 1952-1959'', London: Longman (1968).
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| * Harris, Z. (1954). Distributional structure. ''Word'', 10(23): 146-162.
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| * McDonald, S., and Ramscar, M. (2001). Testing the distributional hypothesis: The influence of context on judgements of semantic similarity. In ''Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society'', pages 611-616.
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