@conference {35, title = {Phonaesthemic and Etymological effects on the Distribution of Senses in Statistical Models of Semantics}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Conference 2009 Workshop on Distributional Semantics beyond Concrete Concepts}, year = {2009}, pages = {35-40}, address = {Amsterdam, Netherlands}, abstract = {This paper uses methods based on corpus statistics and synonymy to explore the role language history and sound/form relationships play in conceptual organization through a case study relating the phonaestheme gl- to its prevalent Proto-Indo European root, *ghel. The results of both methods point to a strong link between the phonaestheme and the historical root, suggesting that the lineage of a language plays an important role in the distribution of linguistic meaning. The implications of these findings are discussed.}, author = {Armelle Boussidan and Eyal Sagi and Sabine Ploux}, editor = {Yves Peirsman and Yannick Versley and Tim Van de Cruys} }