This book provides an in-depth view of the current issues, problems and approaches in the computation of meaning as expressed in language. Aimed at linguists, computer scientists, and logicians with an interest in the computation of meaning, this book focuses on two main topics in recent research in computational semantics. The first topic is the definition and use of underspecified semantic representations, i.e. formal structures that represent part of the meaning of a linguistic object while leaving other parts unspecified. The second topic discussed is semantic annotation. Annotated corpora have become an indispensable resource both for linguists and for developers of language and speech technology, especially when used in combination with machine learning methods. The annotation in corpora has only marginally addressed semantic information, however, since semantic annotation methodologies are still in their infancy. This book discusses the development and application of such methodologies.
Author(s): Harry Bunt, Reinhard Muskens
Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 478
CONTENTS......Page 6
HARRY BUNT AND REINHARD MUSKENS: Computing the Semantic Information in an Utterance......Page 8
MASSIMO POESIO, UWE REYLE AND ROSEMARY STEVENSON: Justified Sloppiness in Anaphoric Reference......Page 18
AOIFE CAHILL, MAIREAD MCCARTHY, MICHAEL BURKE, JOSEF VAN GENABITH AND ANDY WAY: Deriving Quasi-Logical Forms from F-Structures for the Penn Treebank......Page 39
HARRY BUNT: Semantic Underspecification: Which Technique for What Purpose?......Page 60
ALEX LASCARIDES AND NICHOLAS ASHER: Segmented Discourse Representation Theory: Dynamic Semantics with Discourse Structure......Page 91
RAQUEL FERNÁNDEZ, JONATHAN GINZBURG, HOWARD GREGORY AND SHALOM LAPPIN SHARDS: Fragment Resolution in Dialogue......Page 129
IVANA KRUIJFF-KORBAYOVÁ AND BONNIE L. WEBBER: Interpreting Concession Statements in Light of Information Structure......Page 149
JAN VAN EIJCK: Context and the Composition of Meaning......Page 177
MARC SWERTS AND EMIEL KRAHMER: Meaning, Intonation and Negation......Page 198
MYROSLAVA DZIKOVSKA, MARY SWIFT AND JAMES ALLEN: Customizing Meaning: Building Domain-Specific Semantic Representations from a Generic Lexicon......Page 216
ARAVIND K. JOSHI, LAURA KALLMEYER AND MARIBEL ROMERO: Flexible Composition in LTAG: Quantifier Scope and Inverse Linking......Page 235
FABRICE NAUZE AND MICHIEL VAN LAMBALGEN: Serious Computing with Tense......Page 259
JAMES PUSTEJOVSKY, ROBERT KNIPPEN, JESSICA LITTMAN, ROSER SAURÍ: Temporal and Event Information in Natural Language Text......Page 303
TIM FERNANDO: Finite-state Descriptions for Temporal Semantics......Page 349
CLAIRE GARDENT AND KRISTINA STRIEGNITZ: Generating Bridging Definite Descriptions......Page 371
KEES VAN DEEMTER AND EMIEL KRAHMER: Graphs and Booleans: On the Generation of Referring Expressions......Page 399
JAN ALEXANDERSSON AND TILMAN BECKER: Efficient Computation of Overlay for Multiple Inheritance Hierarchies in Discourse Modeling......Page 425
RICHARD CROUCH, ANETTE FRANK AND JOSEF VAN GENABITH: Linear Logic Based Transfer and Structural Misalignment......Page 458
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