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Short survey of semantics of natural language by Barbara Abbott, at University of Michigan. Focusses upon Montague semantics, and tries to give a feel for the main open problems in the field.
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The formal approach to meaning The formal approach to meaning: Formal semantics and its recent developments [This paper is inJournal of Foreign Languages (Shanghai 119:1 (January 1999 2-20 Barbara Abbott Michigan State University June 1998 abbottb@pilot.msu.edu Like Spanish moss on a live oak tree, the...Article by Roland Hausser comparing approaches to semantics between linguistics, philosophy and computer science, and classifying them into four kinds depending upon whether or not they are realist, and whether or not they make a sense/reference distinction.
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The four basic ontologies of semantic interpretation The four basic ontologies of semantic interpretation Roland Hausser Universitt Erlangen-Nrnberg Abteilung Computerlinguistik (CLUE) rrh@linguistik.uni-erlangen.de Abstract: This paper compares the semantic interpretation of logical, programming, and natural languages. It shows that they are based on different ontologies, and investigates the...Review by Varol Akman of the book by Hans Kamp and Uwe Reyle.
http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~akman/book-revs/fdtl/fdtl.html
Published review by Jarol Akman of John Lyon's book.
http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~akman/book-revs/ls/ls.html
Article by Gyula Klima.
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Gyula Klima: Approaching Natural Language Via Mediaeval Logic To print the published version, click here I. ANOMALIES OF A PARADIGM Are quantification and cross reference in English well represented by the quantifiers for ‘every’ and ‘some the usual propositional connectives and the equals sign? It’s my impression that...Article by Cristopher Piñón.
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A semantics for durative adverbials A semantics for durative adverbials Cristopher Pin, Univeritt Dsseldorf Durative adverbials are familiar from the aspectual literature as a standard diagnostic for distinguishing states and activities from accomplishments and achievements. Durative adverbials in English are typically realized as prepositional phrases...Majordomo based mailing list for semantics organised by the Gesellschaft fuer Semantik.
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semantik The mailing list semantik distributes informations concerning semantics and neighbouring disciplines (computer linguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis etc about conferences, summer schools, publications, jobs and scholarships at universities and research institutes can be used by all members as a free platform...English homepage of the young academic organisation concered with the semantics of natural languages. Organises the Sinn und Bedeutung workshop and the SEMANTIK mailing list.
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navi english Contact deutsch useful link...Scholarly research paper exchange for language semanticists. Browseable by author or date; submission and update forms, users guide.
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semanticsarchive.net For exchanging papers of interest to natural language semanticists. Browse by submission date or by author. Submit or Modify an entry. Semantics resources (links, bibliographies, etc Instructions About the Archive About File Formats But which papers should I post? Send...Report by John F. Sowa, discussing the role of the lexicon in conceptual knowledge.
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Concepts in the Lexicon The lexicon is the bridge between a language and the knowledge expressed in that language. Every language has a different vocabulary, but every language provides the grammatical mechanisms for combining its stock of words to express an open-ended range of...Provides educational materials and resources for promoting mental health and adjustment through self-aware use of language and symbols.
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ThisIsNotThat.com We discriminate against people to the degree we fail to distinguish between them.Irving J. Lee dot com Articles, Essays General Semantics Chanticleer Calls Lucidating Classes, Seminars Vanity Quotes Search differences thatmake a difference may appear to be this could be...Compares and contrasts the similarities and differences between inflection and derivation.
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Comparison of inflection and derivation Comparison of inflection and derivation Introduction Inflection and derivation are the two main processes of word formation. They are two kinds of morphosyntactic operation. Compare: Inflection and derivation Inflectional operations create forms that are fully grounded and able to be...download linguistic papers about semantics, textlinguistics, hypertext, paradoxes, metaphors, urls, search engines
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Explains pragmatic implication based on Grice's theory of implicit communication and presupposition.
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RG Communicative Understanding Project 2 Pragmatic Implications A great part of our communicative behavior takes place between the explicitly expressed words: It happens implicitly. What we mean is hardly ever exhausted by what we explicitly say. Normally we don't have any difficulties in grasping what the speaker...This page is mainly dedicated to the so called buzzwords. It allows the reader to investigate, ask questions, and discuss their meaning.
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Pichler24: buzzwords and other things Buzzwords in everyday life This page is mainly dedicated to the so called buzzwords. We are confronted with these kind of words in everyday life (mostly on the job or in the press) and a lot of people both hearing...PhD thesis by Roberto Zamparelli, with extensive supporting material and a facility to send online feedback. Investigates semantic parallels to syntactic arguments for Szabolcsi and Abney's `DP-hypothesis'.
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Introduction Ideas on the structure and function of noun phrases in a generative grammar framework This hypertext contains the main ideas of my Ph.D. dissertation from the Department of Linguistics at the University of Rochester, on the syntax and semantics of...Entry in the MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences, by Robert May.
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Among them is to obtain proper inferences (which otherwise would not follow; cf. Russell's theory of descriptions to give the proper form for the determination of truth-conditions (e.g. Tarski's method of truth and satisfaction as applied to quantification to show...