Bunt H., Muskens R. (eds.) Computing Meaning. Volume 3

Springer, 2007. — 482 p.This book provides an in-depth view of the current issues, problems and approaches in the computation of meaning as expressed in language. Aimed at linguists, computer scientists, and logicians with an interest in the computation of meaning, this book focuses on two main topics in recent research in computational semantics. The first topic is the definition and use of underspecified semantic representations, i.e. formal structures that represent part of the meaning of a linguistic object while leaving other parts unspecified. The second topic discussed is semantic annotation. Annotated corpora have become an indispensable resource both for linguists and for developers of language and speech technology, especially when used in combination with machine learning methods. The annotation in corpora has only marginally addressed semantic information, however, since semantic annotation methodologies are still in their infancy. This book discusses the development and application of such methodologies.Computing the Semantic Information in an Utterance
Justified Sloppiness in Anaphoric Reference
Deriving Quasi-Logical Forms from F-Structures for the Penn Treebank
Semantic Underspecification: Which Technique for What Purpose?
Segmented Discourse Representation Theory: Dynamic Semantics with Discourse Structure
SHARDS: Fragment Resolution in Dialogue
Interpreting Concession Statements in Light of Information Structure
Context and the Composition of Meaning
Meaning, Intonation and Negation
Customizing Meaning: Building Domain-Specific Semantic Representations from a Generic Lexicon
Flexible Composition in LTAG: Quantifier Scope and Inverse Linking
Serious Computing with Tense
Temporal and Event Information in Natural Language Text
Finite-state Descriptions for Temporal Semantics
Generating Bridging Definite Descriptions
Graphs and Booleans: On the Generation of Referring Expressions
Efficient Computation of Overlay for Multiple Inheritance Hierarchies in Discourse Modeling
Linear Logic Based Transfer and Structural Misalignment