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_beng
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050 0 0 _aQA76.9.N38
_bC55 1990
082 0 0 _a006.3/5
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100 1 _aClifford, James,
_d1950-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aFormal semantics and pragmatics for natural language querying /
_cJames Clifford.
246 3 _aFormal Semantics & Pragmatics for Natural Language Querying
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1990.
300 _a1 online resource (xv, 194 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge tracts in theoretical computer science ;
_v8
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aThis book discusses the connection between two areas of semantics, namely the semantics of databases and the semantics of natural language, and 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 begins with a discussion of database querying which 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 QEHIII is defined and examples illustrate its use. A formal model for the interpretation of questions is presented in this work which will form the basis for much further research.
650 0 _aNatural language processing (Computer science)
650 0 _aProgramming languages (Electronic computers)
_xSemantics.
650 0 _aPragmatics.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521354332
830 0 _aCambridge tracts in theoretical computer science ;
_v8.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511569753
999 _c518250
_d518248