Logical Perspectives on Language and Information (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes)

Condoravdi, Cleo A. (Editor)/ De Lavalette, Gerard Renardel (Editor)/ Renardel De Lavalette, Gerard (Editor)/ Workshop on Logic, Language, and Cognition (Corporate Author)

ISBN 10: 1575862832 / ISBN 13: 9781575862835

Published by Stanford Univ Center for the Study, 2002

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illustrated edition. 255 pages. 9.10x6.10x0.60 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Logical Perspectives on Language and Information (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes)
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Center for the Study
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1575862832
• ISBN 13: 9781575862835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.46 kilograms

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Synopsis

The rapid innovations in digital technology deeply influence views on language and information processing. These exciting developments raise many questions for researchers, and shed new light on old approaches. Researchers are drawn to closely investigate the relation between form and content, the ways that linguistic utterances change information content, and the dynamics of information change. Logic, as an established method of valid argumentation, is a tool that researchers can use to gain insight in these questions of language and computation.

In answer to these linguistic and computational questions, this book presents a broad range of logical investigations into language and information processing. The topics surveyed include the notion of 'reasonable belief' in commonsense reasoning, perceptual reports in natural languages, and the logic of creation and modification of objects. The book also presents work on the verification of temporal aspects of reactive systems, analysis of scope by combining model theory and situation semantics and semantic analysis of the information articulation of linguistic statements. This volume exemplifies the abundant development of logical methods and tools in an interdisciplinary context.

About the Author

Cleo Condoravdi is professor of linguistics at Stanford University, specializing in natural language semantics and pragmatics.