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The paper introduces a computational approach to syntax-semantics interface of human language. The goal is to develop an efficient, biologically inspired technique to computational processing of human language. The technique integrates two formal languages of syntax and semantics into generalised, type-theoretic grammar that efficiently incorporates lexicon, syntax, and semantics. Modifier expressions are among the most difficult classes of expressions in human language, that introduce great complexity both in their syntax and semantics. The focus of the paper is on providing efficient technique for syntax-semantics of modifier expressions.
This research has been supported, by covering my participation in DCAI 2018, by the Ministerio de EconomÃa y Competitividad and the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional under the project number FFI2015-69978-P (MINECO/FEDER, UE) of the Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigación CientÃfica y Técnica de Excelencia, Subprograma Estatal de Generación de Conocimiento.
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Note that the syntax-semantics analyses of sentences with quantifier NPs in both specifier and complement positions require more complex rule, which is not in the subject of this paper. In addition, it would require space.
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The additional sub-index 0 in \(A_{i,0}\) and \(A_{j,0}\) is unnecessary in these formulations, but allows easier re-formulations of the rules with constructs inside \(U_1\) and \(U_2\).
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Loukanova, R. (2019). Syntax-Semantics Interfaces of Modifiers. In: RodrÃguez, S., et al. Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Special Sessions, 15th International Conference. DCAI 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 801. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99608-0_26
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