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Title

Semantics for descriptions : from linguistics to computer science / François Rastier, Marc Cavazza, Anne Abeillé ; translated by R. Lawrence Marks.

Publication

Stanford, Calif. : CSLI Publications, c2002.

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Additional Authors

• Abeillé, Anne
• Cavazza, Marc, 1962-
• Marks, R. Lawrence
• Rastier, François

Description

viii, 280 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Uniform Title

Sémantique pour l'analyse. English.

Subject

• Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
• Semantics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-275) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. I. Interpretation and Understanding -- 1. Computer Science and Linguistics -- 2. Natural Language Understanding -- 3. The Four Orders of Description -- Ch. II. Semantic Theories -- 1. Semantic Theories -- 2. Towards a Unified Semantics -- 3. Signification -- 4. Meaning -- 5. Linguistic Levels and Layers of Semantic Description -- 6. Unifying Semantic Paradigms -- 7. Semantic Components -- Ch. III. Microsemantics -- 1. Lexicon Analysis -- 2. On Defining -- 3. Microsemantic Units -- 4. Lexical Classes -- 5. Microsemantics and Context -- 6. Interpretative Operations -- 7. A System for Contextual Interpretation -- Ch. IV. The Description of Lexical Content -- 1. From Theory to Practice -- 2. Differential Semantics in Action -- 3. Lexical Content and Representation Formalisms -- 4. An Example of Lexical Description -- 5. Conclusion -- Ch. V. Mesosemantics -- 1. Mesosemantics and Phrase Grammar -- 2. Dependency Relations -- 3. Concordance Relations -- 4. Examples and Description Issues -- 5. Building Semantic Forms -- 6. Mesosemantics in Action -- 7. Representational Issues -- Ch. VI. Syntax-Semantics Interactions in a Unification Grammar -- 1. General Issues -- 2. The Case of Unification Grammars -- Ch. VII. Macrosemantics -- 1. The Textual Paradigm -- 2. The Empirical Text and Textuality -- 3. A Cognitive Model of Text Understanding -- 4. The Typological Endeavor -- 5. A Morphosemantic Approach to Text -- 6. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs -- 7. Analysis of Experts' Interviews.

ISBN

• 1575863537 (alk. paper)
• 1575863529 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001047925

OCLC

48222634

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library