Formal Semantics and Pragmatics for Natural Language Querying (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science)
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ISBN-10: 0-521-60274-2
ISBN-13: 9780521602747
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Year: March 25, 2004
Size: 18.90 x 24.61 x 1.12cm
Number of pages: 212
Weight: 386gr
Binding: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0-521-60274-2
ISBN-13: 9780521602747
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country:
Year: March 25, 2004
Size: 18.90 x 24.61 x 1.12cm
Number of pages: 212
Weight: 386gr
Binding: Paperback
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James Clifford
Cambridge University Press; 1990
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This discussion of the connection between two areas of semantics, namely the semantics of databases and the semantics of natural language, links them via a common view of the semantics of time. It is argued that a coherent theory of the semantics of time is an essential ingredient for the success of efforts to incorporate more »real world« semantics into database models. This idea is a relatively recent concern of database research but it is receiving growing interest. The book opens with a discussion of database querying that motivates the use of the paradigm of Montague Semantics and discusses the details of the intensional logic ILs. This is followed by a description of the author's own model, the Historical Relational Data Model (HRDM), which extends the RDM to include a temporal dimension. Finally the database querying language QEIII is defined and examples illustrate its use. A formal model for the interpretation of questions is presented in this work; it will form the basis for much further research. This text will be valuable for graduate students and researchers in theoretical computer science.
This discussion of the connection between two areas of semantics, namely the semantics of databases and the semantics of natural language, links them via a common view of the semantics of time. It is argued that a coherent theory of the semantics of time is an essential ingredient for the success of efforts to incorporate more »real world« semantics into database models. This idea is a relatively recent concern of database research but it is receiving growing interest. The book opens with a discussion of database querying that motivates the use of the paradigm of Montague Semantics and discusses the details of the intensional logic ILs. This is followed by a description of the author's own model, the Historical Relational Data Model (HRDM), which extends the RDM to include a temporal dimension. Finally the database querying language QEIII is defined and examples illustrate its use. A formal model for the interpretation of questions is presented in this work; it will form the basis for much further research. This text will be valuable for graduate students and researchers in theoretical computer science.
Book Description
This book discusses the connection between two areas of semantics: the semantics of databases, and that of natural language, and links them through a common view of the semantics of time. It argues that a coherent theory of the semantics of time is essential for successfully incorporating more 'real world' semantics into database models.
This book discusses the connection between two areas of semantics: the semantics of databases, and that of natural language, and links them through a common view of the semantics of time. It argues that a coherent theory of the semantics of time is essential for successfully incorporating more 'real world' semantics into database models.
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