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Computational semantics: Steps towards “intelligent” text processing

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Fenstad, J.E., Lønning, J.T. (1990). Computational semantics: Steps towards “intelligent” text processing. In: Studer, R. (eds) Natural Language and Logic. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 459. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53082-7_18

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