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CLUSTERING AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR ENGLISH VERBS CLASSIFICATION (based on the English Verbs of Putting)

CLUSTERING AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR ENGLISH VERBS CLASSIFICATION (based on the English Verbs of Putting)


Author:  R.R. Airapetyan (Markaryan), O.A. Alimuradov

Affiliation:  Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University

Abstract: 

We discuss in the article the process of Verbs of Putting classification by means of cluster analysis and other mathematical instruments as well as definitional and component semantic analyses as means for formalizing verb semantics. 
The growing interest among modern researchers in the application of mathematical instruments in linguistics accounts for the set of methods chosen for the given research. Particularly, we have applied B. Levin’s verb classification with the help of clustering method highlighted in a number of works.
The authors of the article suggest the detailed describing of the focused group of verbs clustering process providing it with the interpretation of the results. We also offer the metrics of classifications’ similarity for the formalized comparing of different approaches to the verbal classification application results. The authors come to the conclusion that the difference between methodological approaches (the usage of component and definitional analyses vs diathesis alternations) gives rise to the distinctly different results. 
So we can confidently tell about the significant role of the chosen methodology for getting it relevant for the aims of the research results.

Keywords:  verb, classification, clustering, semantic component, cluster, definitional analysis, component analysis

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