TY - GEN
T1 - Experiments in producing playful explanations for given names (anthroponyms) in hebrew and english
AU - Hacohen-Kerner, Yaakov
AU - Cohen, Daniel Nisim
AU - Nissan, Ephraim
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In this project, we investigate the generation of wordplay that can serve as playful explanations for given names. We present a working system (part of work in progress), which segments and/or manipulates input names. The system does so by decomposing them into sequences (or phrases) composed of at least two words and/or transforming them into other words. Experiments reveal that the output stimulates human users into completing explanations creatively, even without sophisticated derivational grammar. This research applies to two languages: Hebrew and English. The applied transformations are: addition of a letter, deletion of a letter and replacement of a similar letter. Experiments performed in these languages show that in Hebrew the input and output are perceived to be reasonably associated; whereas, the English output, if perceived to be acceptable rather than absurd, is accepted as a humorous pun.
AB - In this project, we investigate the generation of wordplay that can serve as playful explanations for given names. We present a working system (part of work in progress), which segments and/or manipulates input names. The system does so by decomposing them into sequences (or phrases) composed of at least two words and/or transforming them into other words. Experiments reveal that the output stimulates human users into completing explanations creatively, even without sophisticated derivational grammar. This research applies to two languages: Hebrew and English. The applied transformations are: addition of a letter, deletion of a letter and replacement of a similar letter. Experiments performed in these languages show that in Hebrew the input and output are perceived to be reasonably associated; whereas, the English output, if perceived to be acceptable rather than absurd, is accepted as a humorous pun.
KW - Computational Humour
KW - English
KW - Folk-etymology
KW - Hebrew
KW - Mockaetiology (playful explanations)
KW - Onomastics
KW - Puns
KW - Wordplay
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84884965462&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-38824-8_32
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-38824-8_32
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AN - SCOPUS:84884965462
SN - 9783642388231
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 321
EP - 327
BT - Natural Language Processing and Information Systems - 18th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2013, Proceedings
T2 - 18th International Conference on Application of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2013
Y2 - 19 June 2013 through 21 June 2013
ER -