Type-theoretical Grammar by Aarne Ranta

Type-theoretical Grammar by Aarne Ranta

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BL First book to apply type theory to natural language Per Martin Lof first presented constructive type theory in 1970 and it has become intrinsic to the foundations of mathematics and computer science. This book is the first to take an in-depth look at the theory from the point of view of linguistics and the philosophy of language.

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Type-theoretical Grammar by Aarne Ranta

Constructive type theory was first presented in 1970, by the Swedish logician Per Martin-Lof. It has become one of the main approaches in the foundations of mathematics and computer science. But it has remained relatively unknown among linguists and philosophers, although it provides a comsiderable extension of the concepts and techniques of logic. The book contains an introduction to type theory from the point of view of linguistics and the philosophy of language. Type theory is then applied in the areas of quantification, anaphora, temporal reference, and the structure of text and discourse. In virtue of the type theoretical concepts of proof object and context, various phenomena of dependence and progression in language can be discussed in precise terms, and several well-known problems can be solved.
'The formalism introduced by the author allows better understanding of the role of semantics in grammars of natural languages and supplies mechnisms for various levels of linguistic description' T.Balanescu, Zenrrallblatt fur Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebiete No. 855, 1997
Ranta, Aarne: -

Aarne Ranta is professor of computer science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the acting coordinator of the European Union research project MOLTO (Multilingual On-Line Translation), which develops techniques for high-quality translation among fifteen languages.

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ISBN 13 9780198538578
ISBN 10 019853857X
Titel Type-theoretical Grammar
Autor Aarne Ranta
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1995-03-23
Seitenanzahl 240
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