Kathleen Ahrens

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Lee, Sophia Yat Mei, Daming Dai, Shoushan Li and Kathleen Ahrens. 2011. Extracting Pseudo-labeled Samples for Sentiment Classification using Emotion Keywords. In the Proceedings of the International Conference on Asian Language Processing 2011 (IALP 2011). November 15-17, Penang, Malaysia: University Sains Malaysia.

Gong, Shu-ping and Kathleen Ahrens. 2011. The Role of Prior Knowledge in Vague Text Comprehension. In the Proceedings of the 23rd Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing (ROCLING 2011). September 8-9, Taipei, Taiwan: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Pp. 252-264. [DOWNLOAD]

Hong, Jia-Fei, Kathleen Ahrens and Chu-Ren Huang. 2011. Event Structure of Transitive Verb: A MARVS perspective (及物動詞的事件結構:以MARVS 理論出發). In the Proceedings of the 12th Chinese Lexical Semantic Workshop (CLSW 2011). May 3-5, Taipei: National Taiwan University. Pp. 108-115.
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Hong, Jia-Fei, Sue-Jin Ker, Kathleen Ahrens and Chu-Ren Huang. 2010. Using Corpus-based Linguistic Approaches in Sense Prediction Study.
In the Proceedings of The 24th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 24). November 4-7, Sendai, Japan: Tohoku University. Pp. 399-407.
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Hong, Jia-Fei, Sue-Jin Ker, Kathleen Ahrens and Chu-Ren Huang. 2010. Sense Prediction Study: Two corpus-driven linguistic Approaches. In the Proceedings of the 11th Chinese Lexical Semantic Workshop (CLSW 2010).
May 21-23, Suzhou, China: SooChow University. Pp. 239-246. [DOWNLOAD]

Ahrens, Kathleen. 2009. Finding What You Expect to See. In the Proceedings of Contextualizing and Understanding: New Advances from Multidisciplinary and Cross-cultural Approaches. October 18-19, Taipei, National Taiwan University. [DOWNLOAD]

Hong, Jia-Fei, Sue-Jin Ker, Kathleen Ahrens and Chu-Ren Huang. 2009. Corpus-driven Linguistic Approaches to Sense Prediction. In the Proceedings of the 10th Chinese Lexical Semantic Workshop (CLSW 2009), July 27-31, China: Ludong University, pp 73-79.  [DOWNLOAD]

Hong, Jia-Fei, Sue-Jin Ker, Chu-Ren Huang, Kathleen Ahrens and Guan-Xun Li. 2009. Corpus-driven Approaches to Sense Prediction. In the Proceedings of the 10th Chinese National Conference on computational Linguistics (CNCCL 2009), July 24-28, China: Ludong University, pp 167-172.  [DOWNLOAD]

Chang, Y. J., and Ahrens, Kathleen. 2008. Towards a Model for the Prediction of Chinese Novel Verbs. In the Proceedings of the 22nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC), November 20-22, The University of the Philippines Visayas Cebu College. [DOWNLOAD]

Hong, Jia-Fei, Kathleen Ahrens and Chu-Ren Huang. 2008. The Polysemy of Da3: An ontology-based study. In the Proceedings of the 9th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop (CLSW 2008). Singapore: National University of Singapore. July, 13-16. pp. 51-64.  [DOWNLOAD]

Hong, Jia-Fei, Chu-Ren Huang and Kathleen Ahrens. 2007. Event Selection and Coercion of Two Verbs of Ingestion. In the Proceedings of the 8th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop 2007 (CLSW2007). The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, May 21-23, pp. 59-65. [DOWNLOAD]

Hong, Jia-Fei, Chu-Ren Huang and Kathleen Ahrens. 2007. The Polysemy of Da3: An ontology-based lexical semantic study. In the Proceedings of the 21st Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC), November 1-3, Seoul National University. pp. 155-162. [DOWNLOAD]

Chung, Siaw-Fong, Kathleen Ahrens, Chung-Ping Cheng, Chu-Ren Huang and Petr Šimon. 2007. Computing Thresholds of Linguistic Saliency. In the Proceedings of the 21st Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC). November 1-3, Seoul, Korea. pp. 126-135. [DOWNLOAD]

Gong, S.-P., Ahrens, Kathleen. & Huang, C.-R. 2007. Chinese Sketch Engine and Mapping Principles: A Corpus-Based Study of Conceptual Metaphors Using the BUILDING Source Domain. In the Proceedings of the 8th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop 2007 (CLSW 2007). The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, May 21-23, pp.130-136. [DOWNLOAD]

Chung, Siaw-Fong and Kathleen Ahrens.
2006. Source Domain Determination: WordNet-SUMO and Collocation. In the Proceedings of Theme Session of Cognitive-linguistic Approaches: What Can We Gain by Computational Treatment of Data? The Second International Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association. pp. 1-4. [DOWNLOAD]
 

Ahrens, Kathleen. 2005. People in the State of the Union: Viewing Social Change through the Eyes of Presidents. Proceedings of the
19th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC). Taipei: Academia Sinica. pp. 43-50. [DOWNLOAD]

Ahrens, Kathleen. 2005. Embodying the Self: A Linguistic Analysis. In S. F. Huang (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Body & Cognition: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. National Taiwan University, Taipei. June 4-5. pp. 22(1)-22(19).

Gong, S.-P and Kathleen Ahrens. 2004. Congruent and incongruent metaphorical sentences processing in discourse: A reaction-time study. In S.-F. Huang (Ed.), Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-9). Taipei: Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University. pp. 367-382.   [DOWNLOAD]

Ahrens, Kathleen, Siaw-Fong Chung and Chu-Ren Huang. 2004. From Lexical Semantics to Conceptual Metaphors: Mapping Principle Verification with WordNet and SUMO. In Ji Donghong, Lua Kim Teng, and Wang Hui (Eds.), Recent Advancement in Chinese Lexical Semantics: Proceedings of 5th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop (CLSW-5). Singapore: COLIPS. pp. 99-106. [DOWNLOAD]

Chung, Siaw-Fong, Kathleen Ahrens and Chu-Ren Huang. 2004a. Using WordNet and SUMO to Determine Source Domains of Conceptual Metaphors. In Ji Donghong, Lua Kim Teng, and Wang Hui (Eds.), Recent Advancement in Chinese Lexical Semantics: Proceedings of 5th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop (CLSW-5). Singapore: COLIPS. pp. 91-98.  [DOWNLOAD]

Chung, Siaw-Fong, Kathleen Ahrens and Chu-Ren Huang. 2004b. RECESSION: Defining Source Domains through WordNet and SUMO. In the Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of Korea (LSK) International Conference. Volume II: General Sessions. Seoul: The Linguistic Society of Korea (LSK) and Yonsei Institute of Language and Information Science (ILIS). pp. 43-52.  [DOWNLOAD]

Chung, Siaw Fong, Chu-Ren Huang and Kathleen Ahrens. 2003. ECONOMY IS A TRANSPORTATION DEVICE: Contrasting Representation of Source Domain Knowledge in English and Chinese. In the Proceedings of the Special Session for the International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering (NLP-KE): Upper Ontology and Natural Language Processing (UONLP). Beijing. pp. 790-796. [DOWNLOAD]

Chung, Siaw Fong, Kathleen Ahrens and Sung Yahui. 2003. STOCK MARKETS AS OCEAN WATER: A Corpus-based, Comparative Study in Mandarin Chinese, English and Spanish. In the Proceedings of the 17th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC), Singapore. pp. 124-133. [DOWNLOAD]

Chung, Siaw Fong, Kathleen Ahrens and Huang Chu-Ren. 2003. ECONOMY IS A PERSON: A Chinese-English Corpora and Ontological-based Comparison Using the Conceptual Mapping Model. In the Proceedings of the 15th ROCLING Conference for the Association for Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing, National Tsing-Hwa University, Taiwan.  pp.87-110. [DOWNLOAD]

Ahrens, Kathleen, Chung Siaw-Fong, Huang Chu-Ren. 2003. Conceptual Metaphors: Ontology-based Representation and Corpora Driven Mapping Principles. In the Proceedings of the ACL Workshop on the Lexicon and Figurative Language. Sapporo, Japan. pp. 35-41. [DOWNLOAD]

Ahrens, Kathleen. 2002. When Love is not Digested: Underlying Reasons for Source to Target Domain Pairing in the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor. In Yu Chau E. Hsiao (ed.) Proceeding of the First Cognitive Linguistics Conference, pp 273-302. Taipei: Cheng-Chi University.  [DOWNLOAD]

Lai, Tzuyin, V. & Kathleen Ahrens. 2001. Mappings from the Source Domain of Plant in Mandarin Chinese. In Benjamin K. T'sou, Olivia O.Y. Kwong and Tom B.Y. Lai (eds.) Proceedings of the 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Language Information and Computation. City University of Hong Kong. pp. 203-209. [DOWNLOAD]

Kathleen Ahrens & Chu-Ren Huang.  2001. A Comparative Study of English and Chinese Synonym Pairs: An Approach based on The Module-Attribute Representation of Verbal Semantics. In Benjamin K. T'sou, Olivia O.Y. Kwong and Tom B.Y. Lai (eds.) Proceedings of the 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Language Information and Computation. City University of Hong Kong. pp. 27-32. [DOWNLOAD]

Ahrens, Kathleen. 2001. Metaphor Mapping and Knowledge Representation: Principles and Processing. Proceeding of the Symposium on Selected NSC Projects in General Linguistics from 1998-2000. Taipei: National Taiwan University. pp. 281-310. [DOWNLOAD]

Ahrens, Kathleen & Chu-Ren Huang. 2000. Time is Motion in Mandarin Chinese. Parameterizing Conceptual Metaphors. In H. Y Tai and Chang Y. L. (eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics. Chai-yi: National Chung-Cheng University. pp. 27-47. [DOWNLOAD]

Lin, Charles & Kathleen Ahrens. 2000. Calculating the Number of Senses: Implications for Ambiguity Advantage Effect During Lexical Access. In H. Y Tai and Chang Y. L. (eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics. Chai-yi: National Chung-Cheng University. pp. 141-155.
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Chu-Ren Huang & Kathleen Ahrens. 2000. The Module-Attribute Representation of Verbal Semantics. In A. Ikeya and M. Kawamori (Eds.) Proceedings of the 14th Pacific Asia Conference on Language Information and Computation. Waseda University. pp. 109-119. [DOWNLOAD]

Ahrens, Kathleen and Alicia L. T. Say. 1999. Mapping Image-Schemas and Translating Metaphors. Proceedings of 13th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation. Academia Sinica. pp. 95-102. [DOWNLOAD]

Tsai, Mei-Chih, Chu-Ren Huang, Keh-Jiann Chen, Kathleen Ahrens. 1997.  Towards a Representation of Verbal Semantics – An Approach Based on Near Synonyms. Proceedings of ROCLING X, pp. 34-48.   [DOWNLOAD]

Ahrens, Kathleen, Li-Li Chang, Keh-Jiann Chen, Chu-Ren Huang. 1997. Meaning Representation and Meaning Instantiation for Chinese Nominals. Proceedings of ROCLING X, pp. 4-18. [DOWNLOAD]

Ahrens, Kathleen. 1996. The Mutability of Noun and Verb Meaning. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics. Academia Sinica. pp. 200-220.  [DOWNLOAD]

Chang, Li-Ping, Chu-Ren Huang, Kathleen Ahrens, Chao-Jan Chen. 1996. The Interaction of Constructional Meaning and Lexical Semantics. (In Chinese). In the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics. pp. 221-238. 

Ahrens, Kathleen and Chu-Ren Huang. 1996. Classifiers and Semantic Type Coercion: Motivating a New Classification of Classifiers. Proceedings from the 11th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation. Kyung Hee University. pp. 1-10. [DOWNLOAD]

Ahrens, Kathleen. 1995. Metaphorical Paradoxes: A Window on Conceptual System. Proceedings from the 10th Pacific Asia Conference on Language Information and Computation. City University of Hong Kong. Pp. 139-148. 

Ahrens, Kathleen. 1995. The Meaning of Double Object Construction in Chinese. Proceedings of the Sixth North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics.  Los Angeles: GSIL, University of Southern California. Volume 1. pp. 1-10. 

Chen, Chao-Jen, Chu-Ren Huang, & Kathleen Ahrens. 1995. Construction as a Theoretical Entity: An Argument Based on Mandarin Existential Sentences.  Proceedings of the 10th Pacific Asia Conference on Language Information, and Computation. City University of Hong Kong. pp. 91-96. [DOWNLOAD]

Ahrens, Kathleen. 1994. Wh-in-Situ and Specificity. Proceedings of the Chicago Linguistic Society. Volume 30.

Huang, Chu-Ren, Kathleen Ahrens, & Keh-jiann Chen. 1993. A Data-driven Approach to the Psychological Reality of the Mental Lexicon: Two Studies on Chinese Corpus Linguistics. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Biological Basis of Language. Center of Cognitive Science, National Chung Cheng University. pp. 53-68. 

Ahrens, Kathleen. 1993. Additional Evidence for LF: Wh-words in Mandarin Chinese. Proceedings of the First Pacific Asia Conference on Formal and Computational Linguistics. Taipei: The Computational Linguistics Society of R.O.C. pp. 35-49.

 


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