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Language, Cohesion and Form

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Language, Cohesion and Form
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Margaret Masterman
Edited by Yorick Wilks
SeriesStudies in Natural Language Processing
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:324
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLanguage - reference and general
ISBN/Barcode 9780521129633
ClassificationsDewey:410.285
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 4 February 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

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.

Reviews

Review of the hardback: 'we should be grateful to Wilks and the publisher for making these papers available.' Computational Linguistics