Simpler semantics for computational and cognitive linguistics

Computational Semantics|linguistics and Processing

Empirical Semantics and Computational Linguistics ∗

The history of literary and linguistic text processing by computers can be traced back to the late-50s in West Germany. After a short review of the development of computational linguistics in West Germany, this paper will be devoted mainly to those present traits in the field which appear to combine promising components likely to become seminal in the future for a wide range of disciplines in t...

Computational Cognitive Linguistics

1 The talk will describe an ongoing project (modestly named the Neural Theory of Language) that is attempting to model language behavior in a way that is both neurally plausible and computationally practical. The cornerstone of the effort is a formalism called Embodied Construction Grammar (ECG). I will describe the formalism, a robust semantic parser based on it, and a variety of applications ...

Book Reviews: Computational Linguistics and Formal Semantics

This is a collection of excellent papers from a workshop, chaired by the editors, held in Lugano at IDSIA, an institute of the Dalle Molle Foundation. I believe the workshop was held in September 1988, but the book is not explicit. The "formal semantics" (FS) of the title refers to the theories of NL meaning derived from model theory and in standard use in theoretical linguistics. The title (an...

Situation Semantics and Computational Linguistics: towards Informational Ecology. a Semiotic Perspective for Cognitive Information Processing Systems

Other than the clear-cut realistic division between information processing systems and their surrounding environments employed sofar in models of natural language understanding by machine, it is argued here that a semiotic approach based on an ecological understanding of informational systems is feasible and more adequate. Characterizing such systems' performance in general and the pragmatics o...