The central task of a future-oriented computational linguistics is the development of cognitive machines which humans can freely talk with in their respective natural language. In the long run, this task will ensure the development of a functional theory of language, an objective method of verification, and a wide range of practical applications. Natural communication requires not only verbal processing, but also non-verbal perception and action. Therefore the content of this textbook is organized as a theory of language for the construction of talking robots. The main topic is the mechanism of natural language communication in both the speaker and the hearer.
In the third edition the author has modernized the text, leaving the overview of traditional, theoretical, and computational linguistics, analytic philosophy of language, and mathematical complexity theory with their historical backgrounds intact. The format of the empirical analyses of English and German syntax and semantics has been adapted to current practice; and Chaps. 22–24 have been rewritten to focus more sharply on the construction of a talking robot.
Author(s): Roland Hausser (auth.)
Edition: 3
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 518
Tags: Language Translation and Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Computational Analysis of Natural Language....Pages 3-23
Smart vs. Solid Solutions....Pages 25-43
Cognitive Foundations of Semantics....Pages 45-63
Language Communication....Pages 65-85
Using Language Signs on Suitable Contexts....Pages 87-101
Structure and Functioning of Signs....Pages 103-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Formal Grammar....Pages 127-142
Language Hierarchies and Complexity....Pages 143-165
Basic Notions of Parsing....Pages 167-187
Left-Associative Grammar (LAG)....Pages 189-208
Hierarchy of LA Grammar....Pages 209-229
LA and PS Hierarchies in Comparison....Pages 231-246
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Words and Morphemes....Pages 249-267
Word Form Recognition in LA Morph....Pages 269-290
Corpus Analysis....Pages 291-309
Basic Concepts of Syntax....Pages 311-327
LA Syntax for English....Pages 329-349
LA Syntax for German....Pages 351-375
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Three Kinds of Semantics....Pages 379-396
Truth, Meaning, and Ontology....Pages 397-416
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Absolute and Contingent Propositions....Pages 417-436
Database Semantics....Pages 437-453
Semantic Relations of Structure....Pages 455-474
Conclusion....Pages 475-489
Back Matter....Pages 491-518
