Constraints, language and computation /

Constraint-based linguistics is intersected by three fields: logic, linguistics, and computer sciences. The central theme that ties these different disciplines together is the notion of a linguistic formalism or metalanguage. This metalanguage has good mathematical properties, is designed to express...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Rupp, C. J., Rosner, Michael, Johnson, Roderick
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London ; San Diego : Academic, 1994.
Series:Computation in cognitive science.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Constraint-based linguistics is intersected by three fields: logic, linguistics, and computer sciences. The central theme that ties these different disciplines together is the notion of a linguistic formalism or metalanguage. This metalanguage has good mathematical properties, is designed to express descriptions of language, and has a semantics that can be implemented on a computer. Constraints, Language and Computation discusses the theory and practice of constraint-based computational linguistics. The book captures both the maturity of the field and some of its more interesting future prospects during a particulary important moment of development in this field.
Item Description:"The papers in this collection arose out of a workshop entitled Constraint propagation, linguistic description and computation held at IDSIA, Lugano in late 1991"--Page xi
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 391 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-383) and index.
ISBN:9780080502960
0080502962
1322465460
9781322465463