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Von Mises-Fisher Loss for Training Sequence to Sequence Models with Continuous Outputs
Sachin Kumar, Yulia Tsvetkov
The Softmax function is used in the final layer of nearly all existing sequence-to-sequence models for language generation. However, it is usually the slowest layer to compute whic…
Style Transfer Through Multilingual and Feedback-Based Back-Translation
Shrimai Prabhumoye, Yulia Tsvetkov, Alan W Black +1
Style transfer is the task of transferring an attribute of a sentence (e.g., formality) while maintaining its semantic content. The key challenge in style transfer is to strike a b…
Framing and Agenda-setting in Russian News: a Computational Analysis of Intricate Political Strategies
Anjalie Field, Doron Kliger, Shuly Wintner +3
Amidst growing concern over media manipulation, NLP attention has focused on overt strategies like censorship and "fake news'". Here, we draw on two concepts from the political sci…
Native Language Cognate Effects on Second Language Lexical Choice
Ella Rabinovich, Yulia Tsvetkov, Shuly Wintner
We present a computational analysis of cognate effects on the spontaneous linguistic productions of advanced non-native speakers. Introducing a large corpus of highly competent non…
Style Transfer Through Back-Translation
Shrimai Prabhumoye, Yulia Tsvetkov, Ruslan Salakhutdinov +1
Style transfer is the task of rephrasing the text to contain specific stylistic properties without changing the intent or affect within the context. This paper introduces a new met…