Continuations and Natural Language

by Chris Barker and Chung-Chieh Shan

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This book takes concepts developed by researchers in theoretical computer science and adapts and applies them to the study of natural language meaning. Summarizing more than a decade of research, Chris Barker and Chung-chieh Shan put forward the Continuation Hypothesis: that the meaning of a natural language expression can depend on its own continuation. In Part I, the authors develop a continuation-based theory of scope and quantificational binding...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199575029

ISBN13:9780199575022

Release Date:January 2015

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.83 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Computers Computers & Technology Language Arts Philosophy

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