Representation And Inference For Natural Language : A First Course In Computational Semantics

Blackburn, Patrick; Bos, Johannes

ISBN 10: 1575864967 / ISBN 13: 9781575864969

Published by Center for the Study of Language and Information, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Representation And Inference For Natural Language : A First Course In Computational Semantics
• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1575864967
• ISBN 13: 9781575864969
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

How can computers distinguish the coherent from the unintelligible, recognize new information in a sentence, or draw inferences from a natural language passage? Computational semantics is an exciting new field that seeks answers to these questions, and this volume is the first textbook wholly devoted to this growing subdiscipline. The book explains the underlying theoretical issues and fundamental techniques for computing semantic representations for fragments of natural language. This volume will be an essential text for computer scientists, linguists, and anyone interested in the development of computational semantics.

About the Author

Patrick Blackburn is director of research at INRIA, France’s national organization for research in computer science. Johan Bos is senior researcher at the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh.