Abstract noun classification: Using a neural network to match word context and word meaning

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 264-271

  Wiemer Hastings, Katja ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

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EID: 0344988973     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200654     Document Type: Article

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