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Structures and Categories for the Representation of Meaning - Hardcover

Timothy C. Potts

 
9780521434812: Structures and Categories for the Representation of Meaning
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521434815 ISBN 13: 9780521434812
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This 1994 book develops a way of representing the meanings of linguistic expressions which is independent of any particular language, allowing the expressions to be manipulated in accordance with rules related to their meanings which could be implemented on a computer. It begins with a survey of the contributions of linguistics, logic and computer science to the problem of representation, linking each with a particular type of formal grammar. A system of graphs is then presented, organized by scope relations in which linguistic constituents are sub-graphs whose configuration is determined by their categories. In developing this system, the author extends the notion of scope and argues that anaphoric and relative pronouns are structural signs not linguistic constituents. Certain count nouns are made the basis of this system and an account of proper names relating the count nouns, is given.

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Book Description

Timothy Potts offers a way of representing the meanings of linguistic expressions independent of any particular language and which allows them to be manipulated in accordance with rules related to their meanings which could be implemented on a computer. A two-dimensional notation is developed for this purpose. First published in 1994.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521434815
ISBN 13 
9780521434812
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
326