Cross-Linguistic Semantic Analysis

Semantics Cross-linguistic NLP

Overview

Investigating how semantic representations vary across languages using large-scale corpus analysis and computational models. This project aims to understand the universal and language-specific aspects of meaning.

Lead Researcher: Dr. Maria Chen
Timeline: 2022-2025
Funding: NIH Grant #R01HD105346

Key Components

  • Multilingual semantic space modeling
  • Cross-linguistic metaphor analysis
  • Semantic change detection across languages

Methods

  • Distributional semantic models
  • Neural network embeddings
  • Cross-lingual alignment techniques