From words to senses: A sense-based approach to quantitative polysemy detection across disciplines

IF 3.1 1区 文学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Wenshu Geng , Maocheng Liang
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Abstract

Interdisciplinary polysemy refers to the phenomenon in which a word is understood and used differently across disciplines or fields. Nuanced variations in word meanings pose a significant challenge to effective communication and knowledge integration, especially in academic and professional settings. To address these issues, we propose the Interdisciplinary Polysemy Detection (IPD) method, which streamlines the identification of polysemous words by making the process more automatic, objective and efficient. IPD not only identifies polysemous words but also quantifies the extent of semantic variation within and across disciplines, providing deeper insights into the scale and nature of meaning shifts in different contexts. The evaluation results demonstrate that IPD can identify interdisciplinary polysemy effectively, showing heightened sensitivity to subtle differences in word senses. This sensitivity makes IPD a useful tool for both researchers and educators, helping to improve communication across fields and contributing to the development of more tailored pedagogical resources. The broader implications of this method may extend to enhancing the understanding of semantic variation in interdisciplinary research and advancing knowledge transfer between specialised domains.
从词语到意义:基于感官的跨学科多义词定量检测方法
跨学科多义词是指不同学科或领域对一个词的理解和使用不同的现象。词义的细微差别对有效交流和知识整合构成了巨大挑战,尤其是在学术和专业领域。为了解决这些问题,我们提出了跨学科多义词检测(IPD)方法,通过使这一过程更加自动、客观和高效,简化了多义词的识别过程。IPD 不仅能识别多义词,还能量化学科内和学科间的语义变化程度,从而更深入地了解不同语境中意义转换的规模和性质。评估结果表明,IPD 可以有效识别跨学科多义词,对词义的细微差别表现出更高的灵敏度。这种敏感性使 IPD 成为研究人员和教育工作者的有用工具,有助于改善跨领域交流,并有助于开发更有针对性的教学资源。这种方法的更广泛影响可能会扩展到加强对跨学科研究中语义变化的理解,以及促进专业领域之间的知识转移。
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来源期刊
CiteScore
6.60
自引率
13.30%
发文量
81
审稿时长
57 days
期刊介绍: The Journal of English for Academic Purposes provides a forum for the dissemination of information and views which enables practitioners of and researchers in EAP to keep current with developments in their field and to contribute to its continued updating. JEAP publishes articles, book reviews, conference reports, and academic exchanges in the linguistic, sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic description of English as it occurs in the contexts of academic study and scholarly exchange itself.
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