16.2479, Books: Comp Ling/Semantics: Blackburn, Bos

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Date: 24-Aug-2005
From: Dikran Karagueuzian < pubs at csli.stanford.edu >
Subject: Representation and Inference for Natural Language: Blackburn, Bos 

	
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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:58:37
From: Dikran Karagueuzian < pubs at csli.stanford.edu >
Subject: Representation and Inference for Natural Language: Blackburn, Bos 
 



Title: Representation and Inference for Natural Language 
Subtitle: A First Course in Computational Semantics 
Series Title: CSLI Studies in Computational Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: CSLI Publications
	   http://cslipublications.stanford.edu/
	
Author: Patrick Blackburn, Saarland University
Author: Johan Bos

Hardback: ISBN: 1575864959 Pages: 376 Price: U.S. $ 70.00
Paperback: ISBN: 1575864967 Pages: 376 Price: U.S. $ 30.00


Abstract:

Here is the first textbook wholly devoted to computational semantics,
appropriate for graduate and advanced undergraduate studies.

A central question addressed here is how to represent meaning in ways
usable by computers. Furthermore, can computers distinguish coherent from
incoherent utterances, recognize new information in a sentence, or even
draw inferences from a natural language passage?

Computer scientists, linguists, logicians, and indeed anyone curious about
the role of meaning in human languages, will appreciate where questions
such as the above lead this book. After the underlying theoretical issues
are thoroughly introduced, complete implementations are presented of
various fundamental techniques for computing semantic representations for
fragments of natural language and for performing inference with the
results. The reader who masters these techniques will be in a good position
to appreciate, and critically assess, ongoing developments in computational
semantics.

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Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Semantics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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