{"product_id":"9781441162533","title":"Semantic Representation of Natural Language","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Studies in Theoretical Linguistics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSemantic Representation of Natural Language\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMichael Levison | Greg Lessard | Craig Thomas | Matthew Donald\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ Semantics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould a single semantic formalism be created which would allow for the representation of meaning at all levels from basic semantic units and relations to sentence-level and text-level meaning, while remaining practical and user-friendly? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book showcases a detailed, precise and clear semantic formalism such that representations of meaning can be created and understood by a wide range of users, including logicians, linguists, creative writers, and literary specialists without detailed technical knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this monograph, the authors propose the formalism, showing its basic structure, applying it to the analysis of the semantics of a wide variety of linguistic phenomena in both English and French, and using it to generate the semantics of a variety of texts ranging from single sentences, to textual excepts, to a full story. By drawing on fundamental principles of program design, the proposed formalism is both easy to read and modify yet sufficiently powerful to allow for the representation of complex semantic phenomena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Levison\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Computing at Queen's University,\u003cbr\u003eCanada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Lessard\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor in the Department of French Studies at Queen's University, Canada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e earned his PhD from the School of Computing at Queen's University, Canada, in\u003cbr\u003e2010 under the supervision of Michael Levison and Greg Lessard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Donald\u003c\/b\u003e earned his MSc from the School of Computing at Queen's University, Canada, in\u003cbr\u003e2006 under the direction of Michael Levison and Greg Lessard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 May 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781441162533\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223560061068,"sku":"9781441162533","price":207.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_4b7b6303-6bf4-495d-b997-87c3dba02c42.jpg?v=1783077003","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781441162533","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}