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Effect-Driven Interpretation by Dylan Bumford

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Part of Elements In Semantics series

Summary

Computer programs are often factored into pure components. This Element makes the case that human languages are similarly organized around pure values and impure processes, and shows how denotational techniques from computer science can be leveraged to support analyses of natural language composition.

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Effect-Driven Interpretation by Dylan Bumford

Computer programs are often factored into pure components - simple, total functions from inputs to outputs - and components that may have side effects - errors, changes to memory, parallel threads, abortion of the current loop, and so on. In this Element, the authors make the case that human languages are similarly organized around the give and pull of pure values and impure processes, and show how denotational techniques from computer science can be leveraged to support elegant and illuminating analyses of semantic composition in natural language.

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ISBN 13 9781009285353
ISBN 10 1009285351
Title Effect-Driven Interpretation
Author Dylan Bumford
Series Elements In Semantics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2026-05-31
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