Word Sense Induction

Famous quotes containing the words word, sense and/or induction:

    “A new talker will often call her caregiver “mommy,” which makes parents worry that the child is confused about who is who. She isn’t. This is a case of limited vocabulary rather than mixed-up identities. When a child has only one word for the female person who takes care of her, calling both of them “mommy” is understandable.”
    —Amy Laura Dombro (20th century)

    “Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface.”
    —Paul Goodman (1911–1972)

    “They relieve and recommend each other, and the sanity of society is a balance of a thousand insanities. She punishes abstractionists, and will only forgive an induction which is rare and casual.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)