Componential Analysis of Kinship Terminology - A Computational Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Vladimir Pericliev is a Professor at the Institute for Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria. His research interests include general linguistics, computational linguistics and Artificial Intelligence (specifically, machine scientific discovery). He has written three monographs and over 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Klappentext This book presents the first computer program automating the task of componential analysis of kinship vocabularies. The book examines the program in relation to two basic problems: the commonly occurring inconsistency of componential models; and the huge number of alternative componential models. Zusammenfassung This book presents the first computer program automating the task of componential analysis of kinship vocabularies. The book examines the program in relation to two basic problems: the commonly occurring inconsistency of componential models; and the huge number of alternative componential models. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Tables Preface 1. Introduction: the Historical Background 2. Problems of Componential Analysis 3. The KINSHIP System 4. Componential Analyses of Selected Languages 5. Conclusion

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• Authors: V Pericliev, V. Pericliev, Vladimir Pericliev, Pericliev V
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.2013
• EAN: 9781137031174
• ISBN: 978-1-137-03117-4
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; B, Linguistics, Semiotics, Language and Literature, Language: reference & general, Stylistics, Philology, Computational Linguistics, Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics