Computational Linguistics and Formal Semantics

This 1992 collection explores the syntax/semantics interface, introducing the disciplines of computational linguistics and formal semantics.

Of great interest to those working in the fields of computational linguistics, logic, semantics, artificial intelligence and linguistics generally, this 1992 collection includes both tutorial and advanced material in order to orient the uninitiated to the concepts and problems that are at issue.This 1992 collection takes the exciting step of examining natural language phenomena from the perspective of both computational linguistics and formal semantics. Computational linguistics has until now been primarily concerned with the construction of computational models for handling the complexities of linguistic form, but has not tackled the questions of representing or computing meaning. Formal semantics, on the other hand, has attempted to account for the relations between forms and meanings, without necessarily attending to computational concerns. The book introduces the reader to the two disciplines and considers the prospects for the more unified and comprehensive computational theory of language which might obtain from their amalgamation. Of great interest to those working in the fields of computation, logic, semantics, artificial intelligence and linguistics generally.