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Syntax and Semantics of Prepositions
Patrick . Ed(S): Saint-Dizier
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Hardback. Provides an integrated view of preposition from morphology to reasoning, via syntax and semantics. This book offers insights in applied and formal linguistics, and cognitive science. It underlines the importance of prepositions in a number of computational linguistics applications, such as information retrieval and machine translation. Editor(s): Saint-Dizier, Patrick. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
A great deal of attention has been devoted in the past ten years in the lingu- tic and computational linguistics communities to the syntax and the semantics of nouns, verbs and also, but to a lesser extent, to adjectives. Related p- nomena such as quanti?cation or tense and aspect have motivated a number of in-depth studies and projects. In contrast, prepositions have received less attention. The reasons are quite clear: prepositions are highly polysemic, p- sibly more so than adjectives, and linguistic realizations are extremely dif?cult to predict, not to mention the dif?culty of identifying cross-linguistic regula- ties. Furthermore, a ... Read more
A great deal of attention has been devoted in the past ten years in the lingu- tic and computational linguistics communities to the syntax and the semantics of nouns, verbs and also, but to a lesser extent, to adjectives. Related p- nomena such as quanti?cation or tense and aspect have motivated a number of in-depth studies and projects. In contrast, prepositions have received less attention. The reasons are quite clear: prepositions are highly polysemic, p- sibly more so than adjectives, and linguistic realizations are extremely dif?cult to predict, not to mention the dif?culty of identifying cross-linguistic regula- ties. Furthermore, a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Series
Text, Speech and Language Technology
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402038495
SKU
V9781402038495
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