Linguistic expressions and semantic processing [electronic resource] : a practical approach / Alastair Butler.

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Linguistic expressions and semantic processing [electronic resource] : a practical approach / Alastair Butler.

9783319188300 electronic book
3319188305 electronic book
9783319188294

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2015]

English

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10.1007/978-3-319-18830-0 doi

P129 .B87 2015eb

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This book introduces formal semantics techniques for a natural language processing audience. Methods discussed involve: (i) the denotational techniques used in model-theoretic semantics, which make it possible to determine whether a linguistic expression is true or false with respect to some model of the way things happen to be; and (ii) stages of interpretation, i.e., ways to arrive at meanings by evaluating and converting source linguistic expressions, possibly with respect to contexts, into output (logical) forms that could be used with (i). The book demonstrates that the methods allow wide coverage without compromising the quality of semantic analysis. Access to unrestricted, robust and accurate semantic analysis is widely regarded as an essential component for improving natural language processing tasks, such as: recognizing textual entailment, information extraction, summarization, automatic reply, and machine translation.

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