Introduction: Interpreting interpretation

X Interpreting " Phonetic Interpretation " over the Lexicon

X.1. The metaphors invoked The phrase " phonetic interpretation " (included in both special themes of the 6th Conference on Laboratory Phonology) invokes a particular view of language sound structure in which phonetics is defined as the semantics of phonology, which implies, conversely, that phonology is the syntax of phonetics. (See Pierrehumbert, 1990, inter alia, for earlier explicit articul...

Introduction to Abstract Interpretation

We present the basic theory of abstract interpretation, and its application to static program analysis. The goal is not to give an exhaustive view of abstract interpretation, but to give enough background to make papers on abstract interpretation more understandable. Notations: λx.M denotes the function that maps x to M . f [x 7→ M ] denotes the function f extended so that x is mapped to M . If...

Introduction to Abstract Interpretation

interpretation is a tool for constructing semantics based program analyses. These notes are written for the Introduction to Semantics course and assume knowledge of the Introduction to Domain Theory notes. They present some of the basic ideas in abstract interpretation using examples of program analyses expressed in this framework. The current version is still not completely finished. Suggestio...

Introduction to Abstract Interpretation

Interpreting infertility: medical anthropological perspectives. Introduction.

Within the past two decades, medical anthropology has contributed significantly to the exploration of human reproduction. From menarche to menopause, few aspects of the normal, human reproductive life cycle, particularly as it pertains to women, have been left unexamined by medical anthropologists working in a wide variety of cultural settings. This interest in reproduction is evident in a numb...