The aim of this short paper is to extend the application of embedding-based methodologies beyondthe realm of lexical semantic change. It focuses on the use of unsupervised BERT-embeddings... Show moreThe aim of this short paper is to extend the application of embedding-based methodologies beyondthe realm of lexical semantic change. It focuses on the use of unsupervised BERT-embeddings anduncertainty measures (Classification Entropy), and assesses whether (and how) they can be usedto (semi-)automatically flag possible functional-semantic changes in the use of the construction [BEabout] in the Corpus of Historical American English (COHA). Show less
