Word Association Norms, Mutual Information, and Lexicography

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Word Association Norms, Mutual Information, and Lexicography (1990)

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by Kenneth Ward Church , Patrick Hanks

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@MISC{Church90wordassociation,
    author = {Kenneth Ward Church and Patrick Hanks},
    title = {Word Association Norms, Mutual Information, and Lexicography},
    year = {1990}
}

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Abstract

This paper will propose an objective measure based on the information theoretic notion of mutual information, for estimating word association norms from computer readable corpora. (The standard method of obtaining word association norms, testing a few thousand subjects on a few hundred words, is both costly and unreliable.) The proposed measure, the association ratio, estimates word association norms directly from computer readable corpora, making it possible to estimate norms for tens of thousands of words

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word association norm mutual information computer readable corpus information theoretic notion standard method association ratio objective measure

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