Reduction and Unification in Natural Language Ontology

"This Element investigates which ontological categories (such as individuals, properties, events, degrees, and kinds) are minimally required to provide a semantics for natural language. It yields insights into the requirements on minimal semantic ontologies for natural language and the challenges for semantic ontology engineering"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Descriptive Natural Language Ontology; 3. Merits of Typing Ontologies; 4. Type Theory Basics; 5. Typing Montague's Ontology; 6. Typing Larger Ontologies; 7. Type Uni_cation and Meta-Ontology; 8. Conclusion; References.

Summary

This Element investigates which ontological categories (such as individuals, properties, events, degrees, and kinds) are minimally required to provide a semantics for natural language. It yields insights into the requirements on minimal semantic ontologies for natural language and the challenges for semantic ontology engineering.

Foreword

This Element investigates which ontological categories (such as individuals, properties, events, degrees, and kinds) are minimally required to provide a semantics for natural language.

Product details

• Authors: Kristina Liefke, Kristina (Ruhr University Bochum) Liefke
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009559652
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0955965-2
• No. of pages: 86
• Series: Elements in Semantics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Philosophy of Language, COMPUTERS / Computer Science, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, computer science, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc