| Formal Semantics and Pragmatics for Natural Language Querying Revised Edition Contributor(s): Clifford, James (Author), James, Clifford (Author), Van Rijsbergen, C. J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521602742 ISBN-13: 9780521602747 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: This book discusses the connection between two areas of semantics, namely the semantics of databases and the semantics of natural language, and links them via a common view of the semantics of time. It is argued that a coherent theory of the semantics of time is an essential ingredient for the success of efforts to incorporate more ???real world??? semantics into database models. This idea is a relatively recent concern of database research but it is receiving growing interest. The book begins with a discussion of database querying which motivates the use of the paradigm of Montague Semantics and discusses the details of the intensional logic ILs. This is followed by a description of the author??'s own model, the Historical Relational Data Model (HRDM) which extends the RDM to include a temporal dimension. Finally the database querying language QEHIII is defined and examples illustrate its use. A formal model for the interpretation of questions is presented in this work which will form the basis for much further research. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General - Computers | Programming Languages - General |
| Dewey: 006 |
| Series: Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.85 lbs) 212 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This book discusses the connection between two areas of semantics, namely the semantics of databases and the semantics of natural language, and links them via a common view of the semantics of time. It is argued that a coherent theory of the semantics of time is an essential ingredient for the success of efforts to incorporate more 'real world' semantics into database models. This idea is a relatively recent concern of database research but it is receiving growing interest. The book begins with a discussion of database querying which motivates the use of the paradigm of Montague Semantics and discusses the details of the intensional logic ILs. This is followed by a description of the author's own model, the Historical Relational Data Model (HRDM) which extends the RDM to include a temporal dimension. Finally the database querying language QEHIII is defined and examples illustrate its use. A formal model for the interpretation of questions is presented in this work which will form the basis for much further research. |