<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>10</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eyal Sagi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stefan Kaufmann</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brady Clark</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Roberto Basili</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marco Pennacchiotti</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Semantic Density Analysis: Comparing Word Meaning across Time and  Phonetic  Space</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proceedings  of  the  EACL  2009  Workshop  on GEMS:  Geometrical  Models  of  Natural  Language Semantics</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year></dates><urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ermon.net/sites/default/files/SagiKaufmannClark-GEMS09.pdf</style></url></related-urls></urls><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Athens, Greece</style></pub-location><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This paper presents a new statistical method for detecting and tracking changes in word meaning, based on Latent Semantic Analysis. By comparing the density of semantic vector clusters this method allows researchers to
make statistical inferences on questions such as whether the meaning of a word changed across time or if a phonetic cluster is associated with a specific meaning. Possible applications of this method are then illustrated in tracing the semantic change of &quot;dog&quot;,&quot;do&quot;, and &quot;deer&quot; in early English and examining and comparing phonaesthemes.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>
