A Note on Representing Adjectives and Adverbs
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چکیده
Representing Engl ish ad jec t i ves and adverbs using a l o g i c a l l y perspicuous no ta t ion (extended semantic networks, Schubert. 1974) and the i r accomodation w i t h i n a state-based paradigm (Cercone, 1975) are discussed. Where appropr ia te , e x p l i c i t comparisons are made w i th re la ted approaches such as those of Schank (1972.197*0, Montague (1972), Bartsch and Venneraann (1972), Zadeh (1972), and Reichenbach (1947).
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