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This volume on the semantic complexity of natural language explores the question why some sentences are more difficult than others. While doing so, it lays the groundwork for extending semantic theory with computational and cognitive aspects by combining linguistics and logic with computations and cognition.

Quantifier expressions occur whenever we describe the world and communicate about it. Generalized quantifier theory is therefore one of the basic tools of linguistics today, studying the possible meanings and the inferential power of quantifier expressions by logical means. The classic version was developed in the 1980s, at the interface of linguistics, mathematics and philosophy. Before this volume, advances in "classic" generalized quantifier theory mainly focused on logical questions and their applications to linguistics, this volume adds a computational component, the third pillar of language use and logical activity. This book is essential reading for researchers in linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, logic, AI, and computer science.

Zusammenfassung

Combines in a novel way logic, natural language semantics, philosophy of mind and language with theoretical computer science and cognitive science

Provides experimental evidence linking computational complexity with cognitive difficulty

Contains extensive philosophical and methodological discussion of the natural language expressivity borders

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Acknowledgments.- Part I: Procedural Semantics.- 1. Algorithmic Theory of Meaning.- 2. Complexity in Linguistics.- Part II: Simple Quantifiers.- 3. Basic Generalized Quantifier Theory.- 4. Computing Simple Quantifiers.- 5. Cognitive Processing of Quantifiers.- Part III: Complex Quantifiers.- 6. Standard Polyadic Lifts.- 7. Complexity of Polyadic Quantifiers.- 8. Complexity of Quantified Reciprocals.- 9. Branching Quantifiers.- Part IV: Collective Quantifiers.- 10. Complexity of Collective Quantification.- Part V: Perspectives and Conclusions.- Conclusions.- A. Mathematical Machinery.- Bibliography.- Subject Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft , Geisteswissenschaften , Kunst , Musik
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Inhalt:	xiv 211 S. 49 s/w Illustr. 211 p. 49 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783319804149
ISBN-10:	3319804146
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Szymanik, Jakub
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition 2016
Hersteller:	Springer Palgrave Macmillan Springer International Publishing AG Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Jakub Szymanik
Erscheinungsdatum:	07.04.2018
Gewicht:	0,353 kg