Towards mobile language evolution exploitation

  • Authors:
  • Gideon Zenz;Nina Tahmasebi;Thomas Risse

  • Affiliations:
  • L3S Research Center, Hanover, Germany;L3S Research Center, Hanover, Germany;L3S Research Center, Hanover, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Multimedia Tools and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Knowing about the evolution of a term can significantly help when searching for relevant information, especially in case of sudden evolutions (e.g. as of dramatical changes in political situations). Here, some terms get a completely new meaning or are used in new or different ways. In mobile situations it is important to be able to effectively retrieve information, since this is usually done in a hurry and interaction possibilities with mobile devices are limited. In this paper we describe a methodology using word sense discrimination to discover term evolution. We present two mobile interfaces for easy access and exploration of this evolution, as well as a user-study to show its usefulness. We conclude the paper with an outlook of further research possibilities in this new topic.