Formal Semantics and Pragmatics for Natural Language Querying (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science)

James Clifford

ISBN 10: 0521354331 / ISBN 13: 9780521354332

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Type: Book Small plain label inside cover.Letter J stamped on title page.

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• Titre: Formal Semantics and Pragmatics for Natural Language Querying (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521354331
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521354332
• Reliure: Cloth
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: No d/j as Published
• Poids: 20 onces
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Synopsis

Connects the semantics of databases to that of natural language, and links them through a common view of the semantics of time.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book discusses the connection between two areas of semantics, namely the semantics of databases and the semantics of natural language, and links them via a common view of the semantics of time. It is argued that a coherent theory of the semantics of time is an essential ingredient for the success of efforts to incorporate more 'real world' semantics into database models. This idea is a relatively recent concern of database research but it is receiving growing interest. The book begins with a discussion of database querying which motivates the use of the paradigm of Montague Semantics and discusses the details of the intensional logic ILs. This is followed by a description of the author's own model, the Historical Relational Data Model (HRDM) which extends the RDM to include a temporal dimension. Finally the database querying language QEHIII is defined and examples illustrate its use. A formal model for the interpretation of questions is presented in this work which will form the basis for much further research.