Foundations of intensional semantics /
This book provides a systematic study of three foundational issues in the semantics of natural language that have been relatively neglected in the past few decades. It focuses on the formal characterization of intensions, the nature of an adequate type system for natural language semantics, and the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Malden MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2005.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book provides a systematic study of three foundational issues in the semantics of natural language that have been relatively neglected in the past few decades. It focuses on the formal characterization of intensions, the nature of an adequate type system for natural language semantics, and the formal power of the semantic representation language. The theory proposed offers a promising framework for developing a computational semantic system that is sufficiently expressive to capture the properties of natural language meaning while remaining computationally tractable. Written by two leading researchers in the field, Foundations of Intensional Semantics will be of interest to students and researchers in formal semantics, computational linguistics, logic, artificial intelligence, and the philosophy of language. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 192 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-179) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470773543 0470773545 9780470775295 0470775297 9786611310448 6611310444 1281310441 9781281310446 |