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Foundations of Computational Linguistics: Man-Machine Communication in Natural Language
I. Theory of Language.- 1. Computational language analysis.- 2. Technology and grammar.- 3. Cognitive foundation of semantics.- 4. Language communication.- 5. Using language signs on suitable contexts.- 6. Structure and functioning of signs.- II. Theory of Grammar.- 7. Generative grammar.- 8. Language hierarchies and complexity.- 9. Basic notions of parsing.- 10. Left-associative grammar (LAG).- 11. Hierarchy of LA-grammar.- 12. LA- and PS-hierarchies in comparison.- III. Morphology and Synta.- 13. Words and morphemes.- 14. Word form recognition in LA-Morph.- 15. Corpus analysis.- 16. Basic concepts of syntax.- 17. LA-syntax for English.- 18. LA-syntax for German.- IV. Semantics and Pragmatics.- 19. Three system types of semantics.- 20. Truth, meaning, and ontology.- 21. Absolute and contingent propositions.- 22. Database semantics.- 23. Slim machine in the hearer mode.- 24. Slim machine in the speaker mode.- Name Index.
548 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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