Computational semantics with functional programming / Jan van Eijck and Christina Unger.
Computational semantics is the art and science of computing meaning in natural language. The meaning of a sentence is derived from the meanings of the individual words in it, and this process can be made so precise that it can be implemented on a computer. Designed for students of linguistics, compu...
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| Summary: | Computational semantics is the art and science of computing meaning in natural language. The meaning of a sentence is derived from the meanings of the individual words in it, and this process can be made so precise that it can be implemented on a computer. Designed for students of linguistics, computer science, logic and philosophy, this comprehensive text shows how to compute meaning using the functional programming language Haskell. It deals with both denotational meaning (where meaning comes from knowing the conditions of truth in situations), and operational meaning (where meaning is an instruction for performing cognitive action). Including a discussion of recent developments in logic, it will be invaluable to linguistics students wanting to apply logic to their studies, logic students wishing to learn how their subject can be applied to linguistics, and functional programmers interested in natural language processing as a new application area. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (405 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-395) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511932700 0511932707 9780511778377 0511778376 9786612930737 661293073X 1107207797 9781107207790 1282930737 9781282930735 0511931360 9780511931369 0511927517 9780511927515 0511924976 9780511924972 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511778377 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |