Maria Telegina - University of Oxford

Research Centre for Japanese Language and Linguistics
University of Oxford
www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/research/jap-ling/
Maria Telegina
maria.telegina@orinst.ox.ac.uk
EALS 17 January 2017
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Motivation
Free word association
experiment
Network Analysis
Time and Space in
Japanese culture in
theoretical works
Conclusions
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Part of my doctoral thesis Time and Space
Concepts in Japanese Language World View
  escription and analysis of models of
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temporal and spatial concepts specific to the
Japanese language and to modern Japanese
culture
Data->Network->Network Statistics
->Interpretation (Factors affecting associations: Age?)
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Objectives:
 Key words
  Communities Structure
 Theory vs. Experimental data
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Stimuli Selection Criteria
  requencies according to Frequency Dictionary of
F
Japanese (2013)
 Semantic relations within the stimuli set:
  Synonyms are chosen in accordance with WordNet ver. 1.1
  Hyponyms, hypernyms, and antonyms are selected in
accordance with the Japanese Word Association Database
ver. 1 (2004) and the Associative Concept Dictionary (2004,
2005)
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Stimuli set
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Gap/room
Stimuli set Timing
Room/space
Place(basho)
Time/interval/space
Time(jikan)
m
Space(kuukan)
Distance Spread
km
Length
Time/period/season
Era/generation
2015
Age
63
Free/not busy
Long time
Morning
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1125
House/home
Date/day
Night
NHKE
48
LDK
Inside
Outside
Day/sun
18
622
Suburb
One's house/one's home
7
15
Living room(ima)
Holiday/day off
Daytime
1111
Apartament(manshon)
Holiday/rest Living room(ribingu)
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1980
In the city
Room Apartment(apaato)
Time(toki)
Summer
Time/era
Space(supeesu)
km
good
Season
Gap/opening
Distance/period
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Moment/instant
Place/occasion(ba)
One's home
Inner part/depth
Behind/back
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12
9
Past/old times
Autumn
Past
Future
Front/before
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Participants(1)
 85 Japanese native
speaking
participants
 Two groups:
  roup 1(average age
G
21)
  roup 2(average age
G
62)
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Participants(2)
  ost of the
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participants from
the Kanto area
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Participants(3)
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Definitions of Network
  From a formal point of view, a network (or a graph) is a set of
vertices connected via edges.
S.N. Dorogovtsev and J.F.F. Mendes(2003)
  A network (or a graph) is a set of nodes connected by links.
S.N. Dorogovtsev (2010)
  Graphs are assigned by giving a set of the vertices and a set
of connections between them.
Guido Caldarelli (2007)
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Examples
  Citation and collaboration networks
  Acquaintances networks
  Associative/Semantic networks
  On-line behavior/communication patterns
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What can we study about a system using
network?
  Nature of individual components
  Connections or interactions
  Pattern of connections
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Measure
Group 1
Group 2
Both groups
N of nodes
919
849
1423
N of Edges
1337
1234
2234
Density
0.002
0.002
0.001
Average path
5.302
4.502
4.326
Network diameter
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10
10
Av. In-degree
1.455
1.453
1.569
Av.weighted in-degree
2.378
2.15
2.818
Av.clustering coefficient
0.066
0.055
0.076
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Measure (1):
In-degree
 In-degree centrality - a
number of incoming
connections of a node
 Shows words strongly
connected with the
whole network ->
key-words
ID
a
b
c
d
e
Indegree
0
1
2
1
1
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Liking)
Stimuli
Translation
Home; house
奥
Total
N of
responses
3
Holiday; rest
2
Spare time
2
Inner part
1
One's home
1
Outside
1
Holiday; day off
1
In the city
1
Moment; instant
1
Long period of
time
1
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Emotional Evaluation (positive)
Associative
Response
Translation
In-Degree
Liking
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Relaxation; comfort
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Important; necessary/
beloved; precious
9
To calm down
7
Enjoyable; fun
7
Important; valuable
6
Peace of mind
5
Convenient; handy
4
Good
3
Joy; delight;
3
Dear; missed
3
Happy; glad; pleasant
3
Pretty; lovely;
beautiful
2
Emotional Evaluation (negative)
Associative
Translation
Response
InDegree
Uneasiness;
insecurity
5
Scary;
frightening;
4
Danger
3
Accident;
incident;
trouble
3
Dangerous;
risky
2
Dislike; hate
2
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In-degree
Group1
Group2
Both groups
Home; house
Time
Time
Time
Space
Narrow
Narrow
Narrow
Space
Spacious; wide
Ease; relaxation
Space
Important; necessary
Room
Room
Family
Spacious; wide
Gap; break
Spacious; wide
Like
Like
Freedom
Ease; relaxation
Work
Important; necessary
Children
Gap; break
Now
History
Home; house
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Human relations/society
Associative
Response
Translation
In-Degree
Family
7
Man; person
6
Child; children
6
Myself
5
Human relations
5
Living; life
5
Action; conduct;
behavior
3
Conversation
3
Communication
2
Friend
2
Company; fellow
2
(human) Life
4
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Measure (2):
Weighted In-degree
  Weighted In-degree
centrality – is a sum of
weights of incoming
connections
  Shows words strongly
connected with words
from the stimuli set ->
semantically/
associatively related
words
ID
a
b
c
d
e
Degree
0
1
12
3
2
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夢 (Dream)
Stimuli Translation
N of
responses
One's home;
one's house
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Future
5
Total
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Four seasons)
Stimuli
Translation
N of
responses
季節
Season
14
Time; period;
season
2
Total
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Weighted in-degree
Group1
Group2
Both groups
Home; house
Space
Space
Time
Family
Time
Space
Time
Home; house
Sun
Bright/light
Sun
Hot
Sun
Family
Spacious; wide
Outside
Narrow
Narrow
Inside
Spacious; wide
Gap; opening
Narrow
Bright; light
Long
Past
Past
Past
Relaxation
Gap; opening
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Partial Synonym
Stimuli
(Family)
Translation
N of responses
One's house;
one's home
10
Home; house
9
Living room
8
One's house;
one's home
6
Living room
5
Inside
2
Space
1
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Antonym
Stimuli
奥
(Outside)
Translation
N of responses
Inside
18
Suburb;
outskirts
4
Interior; inner
part
1
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Important works
Kato, S. 2007. Time and
Space in Japanese
Culture
http://fuji-san.txt-nifty.com
Inoue, S. et al., 1996.
Sociology of Time and
Space
https://www.iwanami.co.jp
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Three concepts of time:
!  Historical Time – linear; no beginning, no end
!  Day-to-day Time – cyclical; no beginning, no end
!  Universal Lifetime – linear; irreversible; with beginning and
end
Kato (2007), Mita (1996)
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Three concepts of space:
!  Open - people and information can easily get in and get
out
!  Half-open – people and information can get in and get
out, though outward flow is less welcome
!  Closed – very strict differentiation between “inside” and
“outside”; no strangers can get in.
Kato (2007)
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Methodology
  Order Statistics Local Optimization Method(OSLOM)
(Lancichinetti, A., Radicchi, F., Ramasco, J.J.,
Fortunato S. , 2011)
!  looks for significant clusters
!  analyzes the resulting set of clusters, trying to detect
their internal structure
!  detects the hierarchical structure of the clusters
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High hierarchical level
  Two big communities – Time and Space
  Small community –
In front; behind
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Lower hierarchical level
  11 communities:
!  Abstract Time
!  Natural processes time
!  Seasonal time
!  Calendar Time
!  Free time
!  Abstract Space
!  City/countryside
!  Outside/inside (home)
!  Room (life space)
!  In front/behind
!  Depth/unknown
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Three concepts of time:
!  Historical Time – linear; no beginning, no end
! Day-to-day Time – cyclical; no beginning, no end
!  Universal Lifetime – linear; irreversible; with beginning and
end
Kato (2007), Mita (1996)
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Three concepts of space:
!  Open - people and information can easily get in and get
out
!  Half-open – people and information can get in and get
out, though outward flow is less welcome
!  Closed – very strict differentiation between “inside” and
“outside”; no strangers can get in.
Kato (2007)
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Communities Overlaps:
!  Natural processes time &
Seasonal time (45 nodes)
!  Calendar time & Abstract
time (12 nodes)
!  Depth/unknown &
Abstract time (10 nodes)
!  Natural processes time &
Calendar Time (7)
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Individual node overlaps
未来 (Future)
(Relaxed/
spacious)
Communities
In front; behind
Depth; unknown
Communities
Natural processes
time
Free time
Abstract Time
City/countryside
(Long)
Communities
Abstract Time
Abstract Space
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Network Analysis -> processes within
network & its structure & important elements
Single word level->semantic features based
on connectivity
Network level-> understanding of structure
and hierarchy of the concepts
E.g. Data driven concepts of time and space not
shown in the theoretical works
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More data!
Character of semantic relations by native
speakers
Comparison with corpora based network
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Research Centre for Japanese Language and Linguistics
University of Oxford
www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/research/jap-ling/
Maria Telegina
maria.telegina@orinst.ox.ac.uk