Meaning and Form in Event Calculus
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This thesis is two fold. The first part deals with an existence proof of a formal algorithm that takes a narrative discourse and returns its semantic representation in the Event Calculus (EC from now on) [19]. This algorithm uses Discourse Representation Theory, and takes on the form of a translation from Discourse Representation Structures to Scenarios and Integrity Constraints in EC. The second part, under a Cognitive-Functional approach, deals with the closely intertwined tasks of providing tools for the formalization of Construction Grammar, and to give the first few steps towards a more flexible algorithm for the semantic representation in the EC.
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