Foundations of Computational Linguistics: Man-Machine Communication in Natural Language

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Computational language analysis....Pages 13-32
Technology and grammar....Pages 33-50
Cognitive foundation of semantics....Pages 51-68
Language communication....Pages 69-88
Using language signs on suitable contexts....Pages 89-102
Structure and functioning of signs....Pages 103-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Generative grammar....Pages 125-140
Language hierarchies and complexity....Pages 141-162
Basic notions of parsing....Pages 163-182
Left-associative grammar (LAG)....Pages 183-202
Hierarchy of LA-grammar....Pages 203-222
LA- and PS-hierarchies in comparison....Pages 223-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Words and morphemes....Pages 241-258
Word form recognition in LA-Morph....Pages 259-280
Corpus analysis....Pages 281-300
Basic concepts of syntax....Pages 301-320
LA-syntax for English....Pages 321-341
LA-syntax for German....Pages 343-368
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
Three system types of semantics....Pages 371-388
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
Truth, meaning, and ontology....Pages 389-408
Absolute and contingent propositions....Pages 409-428
Database semantics....Pages 429-446
 Slim machine in the hearer mode....Pages 447-472
 Slim machine in the speaker mode....Pages 473-498
Back Matter....Pages 499-534