Reduction and Unification in Natural Language Ontology (Elements in Semantics) - Softcover

Liefke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1009559656 ISBN 13: 9781009559652

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Semantic theories for natural language assume many different kinds of objects, including (among many others) individuals, properties, events, degrees, and kinds. Formal type-theoretic semantics tames this 'zoo' of objects by assuming only a small number of ontologically primitive categories and by obtaining the objects of all other categories through constructions out of these primitives. This Element surveys arguments for this reduction of semantic categories. It compares the ontological commitments of different such reductions and establishes relations between competing foundational semantic ontologies. In doing so, it yields insights into the requirements on minimal semantic ontologies for natural language and the challenges for semantic ontology engineering.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1009559656
• ISBN 13: 9781009559652
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 88
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