| Logical Perspectives on Language and Information: Volume 120 Contributor(s): Condoravdi, Cleo (Editor), de Lavalette, Gerard Renardel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1575862832 ISBN-13: 9781575862835 Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat OUR PRICE: $66.83 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2001 Annotation: The rapid innovations in digital technology deeply influence views on language and information processing. These exciting developments raise many questions for researchers, and shed new light on old approaches. Researchers are drawn to closely investigate the relation between form and content, the ways that linguistic utterances change information content, and the dynamics of information change. Logic, as an established method of valid argumentation, is a tool that researchers can use to gain insight in these questions of language and computation. In answer to these linguistic and computational questions, this book presents a broad range of logical investigations into language and information processing. The topics surveyed include the notion of 'reasonable belief' in commonsense reasoning, perceptual reports in natural languages, and the logic of creation and modification of objects. The book also presents work on the verification of temporal aspects of reactive systems, analysis of scope by combining model theory and situation semantics and semantic analysis of the information articulation of linguistic statements. This volume exemplifies the abundant development of logical methods and tools in an interdisciplinary context. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 160 |
| LCCN: 2001043321 |
| Series: Lecture Notes |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.21" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 255 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The rapid innovations in digital technology deeply influence views on language and information processing. These exciting developments raise many questions for researchers, and shed new light on old approaches. Researchers are drawn to closely investigate the relation between form and content, the ways that linguistic utterances change information content, and the dynamics of information change. Logic, as an established method of valid argumentation, is a tool that researchers can use to gain insight in these questions of language and computation. In answer to these linguistic and computational questions, this book presents a broad range of logical investigations into language and information processing. The topics surveyed include the notion of 'reasonable belief' in commonsense reasoning, perceptual reports in natural languages, and the logic of creation and modification of objects. The book also presents work on the verification of temporal aspects of reactive systems, analysis of scope by combining model theory and situation semantics and semantic analysis of the information articulation of linguistic statements. This volume exemplifies the abundant development of logical methods and tools in an interdisciplinary context. |
Contributor Bio(s): Condoravdi, Cleo: - Cleo Condoravdi is professor of linguistics at Stanford University, specializing in natural language semantics and pragmatics. |