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Thompson, B., & Lupyan, G. (2018). Automatic estimation of lexical concreteness in 77 languages. In C. Kalish, M. Rau, J. Zhu, & T. T. Rogers (Eds.), Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2018) (pp. 1122-1127). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

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Thompson, Bill1, Author           
Lupyan, Gary2, Author
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1Language and Cognition Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_792548              
2Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: We estimate lexical Concreteness for millions of words across 77 languages. Using a simple regression framework, we combine vector-based models of lexical semantics with experimental norms of Concreteness in English and Dutch. By applying techniques to align vector-based semantics across distinct languages, we compute and release Concreteness estimates at scale in numerous languages for which experimental norms are not currently available. This paper lays out the technique and its efficacy. Although this is a difficult dataset to evaluate immediately, Concreteness estimates computed from English correlate with Dutch experimental norms at $\rho$ = .75 in the vocabulary at large, increasing to $\rho$ = .8 among Nouns. Our predictions also recapitulate attested relationships with word frequency. The approach we describe can be readily applied to numerous lexical measures beyond Concreteness

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2018-07
 Publication Status: Published online
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Title: the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2018)
Place of Event: Madison, WI, USA
Start-/End Date: 2018-07-25 - 2017-07-28

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Title: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2018)
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Kalish, Charles, Editor
Rau, Martina, Editor
Zhu, Jerry, Editor
Rogers, Timothy T., Editor
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Publ. Info: Austin, TX : Cognitive Science Society
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1122 - 1127 Identifier: ISBN: 978-0-9911967-8-4