Semantics

The focus of this textbook is the meaning of linguistic expressions, typically full sentences and longer texts. The author describes the conceptual and formal tools required for building semantic systems capable of understanding text, both for specific tasks such as information extraction and question answering and for broad undertakings such as the Semantic Web. The goal here is to present the fundamental ideas that working systems rest on, and this book is aimed primarily at Computer Science or Engineering students interested in developing semantic systems. The ideal reader is a hacker, a person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system.

Presents the conceptual and formal tools required for building semantic systems capable of understanding text Applications of the approach include information extraction, question answering, and the Semantic Web Appropriate for computer science and engineering students

Autorentext

András Kornai is a mathematical linguist. He is a professor in the Department of Algebra of Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Chief Scientist at SecondMind Labs, and a senior research adviser at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Computer and Automation Research Institute. His research interests include all mathematical aspects of natural language processing, speech recognition, and OCR. His homepage is at https://kornai.com/

Inhalt
Introduction.- Linear Spaces, Boolean Algebras, and First Order Logic.- Prolepsis.- Graphs and Machines.- Phenogrammar.- Lexemes.- Models.- Embodiment.- The Meaning of Life.