What do you mean by negotiation? Annotating social media discussions about word meaning

• We present a formalisation and annotation protocol for word meaning negotiation (WMN), a conversational routine in which speakers explicitly discuss the meaning of a word or phrase. WMN is formalised as an interaction game with a shared game board and rules for subsequent contributions, as well as a semantic update function based on the state of the game board. We develop an annotation schema based on this formalisation and present the

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- General Language Studies and Linguistics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Språkteknologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Language Technology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

word meaning negotiation

dialogue

semantics

semantic alignment

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