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Language, Cohesion and Form
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Language, Cohesion and Form
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Margaret Masterman
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Edited by Yorick Wilks
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Series | Studies in Natural Language Processing |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:324 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Language - reference and general |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521129633
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Classifications | Dewey:410.285 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
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Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
4 February 2010 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Margaret Masterman was a pioneer in the field of computational linguistics. Working in the earliest days of language processing by computer, she believed that meaning, not grammar, was the key to understanding languages, and that machines could determine the meaning of sentences. She was able, even on simple machines, to undertake sophisticated experiments in machine translation, and carried out important work on the use of semantic codings and thesauri to determine the meaning structure of texts. This volume brings together Masterman's groundbreaking papers for the first time. Through his insightful commentaries, Yorick Wilks argues that Masterman came close to developing a computational theory of language meaning based on the ideas of Wittgenstein, and shows the importance of her work in the philosophy of science and the nature of iconic languages. Of key interest in computational linguistics and artificial intelligence, it will remind scholars of Masterman's significant contribution to the field.
Author Biography
Yorick Wilks is Professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield.
ReviewsReview of the hardback: 'we should be grateful to Wilks and the publisher for making these papers available.' Computational Linguistics
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