Quantifiers And Cognition: Logical And Computational Perspectives (studies In Linguistics And Philosophy)
by Jakub Szymanik /
2016 / English / PDF
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This volume on the semantic complexity of natural language
explores the question why some sentences are more difficult than
others. While doing so, it lays the groundwork for extending
semantic theory with computational and cognitive aspects by
combining linguistics and logic with computations and
cognition.
This volume on the semantic complexity of natural language
explores the question why some sentences are more difficult than
others. While doing so, it lays the groundwork for extending
semantic theory with computational and cognitive aspects by
combining linguistics and logic with computations and
cognition.
Quantifier expressions occur whenever we describe the world and
communicate about it. Generalized quantifier theory is therefore
one of the basic tools of linguistics today, studying the
possible meanings and the inferential power of quantifier
expressions by logical means. The classic version was developed
in the 1980s, at the interface of linguistics, mathematics and
philosophy. Before this volume, advances in "classic" generalized
quantifier theory mainly focused on logical questions and their
applications to linguistics, this volume adds a computational
component, the third pillar of language use and logical activity.
This book is essential reading for researchers in linguistics,
philosophy, cognitive science, logic, AI, and computer science.
Quantifier expressions occur whenever we describe the world and
communicate about it. Generalized quantifier theory is therefore
one of the basic tools of linguistics today, studying the
possible meanings and the inferential power of quantifier
expressions by logical means. The classic version was developed
in the 1980s, at the interface of linguistics, mathematics and
philosophy. Before this volume, advances in "classic" generalized
quantifier theory mainly focused on logical questions and their
applications to linguistics, this volume adds a computational
component, the third pillar of language use and logical activity.
This book is essential reading for researchers in linguistics,
philosophy, cognitive science, logic, AI, and computer science.