Meaning

Language Invariant Properties in Natural Language Processing

Meaning is context-dependent, but many properties of language (should) remain the same even if we transform the context. For example, sentiment, entailment, or speaker properties should be the same in a translation and original of a text. We …

Language in a (Search) Box: Grounding Language Learning in Real-World Human-Machine Interaction

We investigate grounded language learning through real-world data, by modelling a teacher-learner dynamics through the natural interactions occurring between users and search engines.