Structures and Categories for the Representation of Meaning

Logical method of representing the meanings of linguistic expressions, independent of any particular language. First published in 1994.

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Linguistics: strings; 2. Logic: trees; 3. Computer science: graphs; 4. Categorial graphs; 5. Basic categories: count nouns; 6. Basic categories: pointers; 7. Quantifiers, pronouns and identity; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

Timothy Potts offers a way of representing the meanings of linguistic expressions independent of any particular language and which allows them to be manipulated in accordance with rules related to their meanings which could be implemented on a computer. A two-dimensional notation is developed for this purpose. First published in 1994.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy C. Potts, Potts Timothy C.
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.03.1994
• EAN: 9780521434812
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43481-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 650 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy