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Web Semantics vs the Semantic Web?

The problem of keyness
  • François Rastier
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Keyness in Texts
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Abstract

The Semantic Web programme aims to replace the “Web of Documents” with the “Web of Data”, thus extending the classical programme of knowledge representation. In contrast, a corpus-linguistic inspired Web Semantics situates knowledge within texts and the documents that convey them. Data cannot therefore be abstracted without losing their contextual value and relevance. This leads to a recontextualisation of the notion of “data” and a rethinking of the relationship between data and metadata.

Abstract

The Semantic Web programme aims to replace the “Web of Documents” with the “Web of Data”, thus extending the classical programme of knowledge representation. In contrast, a corpus-linguistic inspired Web Semantics situates knowledge within texts and the documents that convey them. Data cannot therefore be abstracted without losing their contextual value and relevance. This leads to a recontextualisation of the notion of “data” and a rethinking of the relationship between data and metadata.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Perspectives on keywords and keyness 1
  4. Section I. Exploring keyness
  5. Three concepts of keywords 21
  6. Problems in investigating keyness, or clearing the undergrowth and marking out trails… 43
  7. Closed-class keywords and corpus-driven discourse analysis 59
  8. Hyperlinks 79
  9. Web Semantics vs the Semantic Web? 93
  10. Section II. Keyness in specialised discourse
  11. Identifying aboutgrams in engineering texts 113
  12. Keywords and phrases in political speeches 127
  13. Key words and key phrases in a corpus of travel writing 147
  14. History v. marketing 169
  15. Metaphorical keyness in specialised corpora 185
  16. Section III. Critical and educational perspectives
  17. A contrastive analysis of keywords in newspaper articles on the “Kyoto Protocol” 207
  18. Keywords in Korean national consciousness 219
  19. General spoken language and school language 235
  20. Index 249
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.41.07ras

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Perspectives on keywords and keyness 1
  4. Section I. Exploring keyness
  5. Three concepts of keywords 21
  6. Problems in investigating keyness, or clearing the undergrowth and marking out trails… 43
  7. Closed-class keywords and corpus-driven discourse analysis 59
  8. Hyperlinks 79
  9. Web Semantics vs the Semantic Web? 93
  10. Section II. Keyness in specialised discourse
  11. Identifying aboutgrams in engineering texts 113
  12. Keywords and phrases in political speeches 127
  13. Key words and key phrases in a corpus of travel writing 147
  14. History v. marketing 169
  15. Metaphorical keyness in specialised corpora 185
  16. Section III. Critical and educational perspectives
  17. A contrastive analysis of keywords in newspaper articles on the “Kyoto Protocol” 207
  18. Keywords in Korean national consciousness 219
  19. General spoken language and school language 235
  20. Index 249
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