What Can BERT Do for English Linguistics?: A Case Study of Examining It-cleft Constructions
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | 황동진 | - |
dc.contributor.author | 송상헌 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-03T07:42:27Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-03T07:42:27Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2022-05-03 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1598-9453 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/140673 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study used the machine learning technique known as Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) to understand the pronominal distribution in it-cleft constructions. While language models (LMs) have successfully been used to examine and verify linguistic representations, most studies have focused on the general phenomenon of subject-verb agreement. As such, this study focused on the particular construction known as it-cleft, in order to consolidate the LM’s role as a linguistic platform. In the experiment using BERT, the surprisal of each case (i.e., nominative and accusative) is compared. The investigation successfully replicated the findings of previous studies, specifically by capturing the use of the accusative form, inhibition of the first-person pronominal, and collocate feature of the first-person pronominal with the complementizer who. The results from the LM also deliver further contribution to the study of it-cleft, involving the between number and the relationship between the pronominal and syntactic role. Thus, the usage of BERT both revealed new research questions while verifying evidence from previous studies on the it-cleft pronominal. This demonstrates that BERT can correctly represent particular constructions and broadens the possibilities of LMs as a linguistic platform. | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | 한국영어학학회 | - |
dc.title | What Can BERT Do for English Linguistics?: A Case Study of Examining It-cleft Constructions | - |
dc.title.alternative | What Can BERT Do for English Linguistics?: A Case Study of Examining It-cleft Constructions | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | 송상헌 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.17960/ell.2022.28.1.007 | - |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | 영어학연구, v.28, no.1, pp.135 - 165 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | 영어학연구 | - |
dc.citation.title | 영어학연구 | - |
dc.citation.volume | 28 | - |
dc.citation.number | 1 | - |
dc.citation.startPage | 135 | - |
dc.citation.endPage | 165 | - |
dc.type.rims | ART | - |
dc.identifier.kciid | ART002835661 | - |
dc.description.journalClass | 2 | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | kci | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | deep-learning | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | language model | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | it-cleft | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | pronominal case | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | platform | - |
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