Flexible Semantics for Reinterpretation Phenomena Contributor(s): Egg, Markus (Author) |
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ISBN: 1575865025 ISBN-13: 9781575865027 Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat OUR PRICE: $27.23 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Deriving the correct meaning of such colloquial expressions as "I am parked out back" requires a unique interaction of knowledge about the world with a person's natural language tools. In this volume, Markus Egg examines how natural language rules and knowledge of the world work together to produce correct understandings of expressions that cannot be fully understood through literal reading. An in-depth and exciting work on semantics and natural language, this volume will be essential reading for scholars in computational linguistics. |
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BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics |
Dewey: 401.430 |
LCCN: 2005023300 |
Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture N |
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.28" W x 9.02" (0.80 lbs) 270 pages |
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Publisher Description: Deriving the correct meaning of such colloquial expressions as I am parked out back requires a unique interaction of knowledge about the world with a person's natural language tools. In this volume, Markus Egg examines how natural language rules and knowledge of the world work together to produce correct understandings of expressions that cannot be fully understood through literal reading. An in-depth and exciting work on semantics and natural language, this volume will be essential reading for scholars in computational linguistics. |