A logical typology for nominal compounds

Semantic analysis of nominal compounds includes characterizing the semantic relationships implicit among the separate elements of nominal compounds. This thesis presents a typology for nominal compound that classifies the binary relationships implicit in nominal compounds according to their status w...

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Main Author: Modlin, Russell Garvin
Other Authors: Computer Science
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Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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spelling ndltd-VTETD-oai-vtechworks.lib.vt.edu-10919-405722021-11-06T05:34:14Z A logical typology for nominal compounds Modlin, Russell Garvin Computer Science semantics inference logic LD5655.V855 1995.M635 Semantic analysis of nominal compounds includes characterizing the semantic relationships implicit among the separate elements of nominal compounds. This thesis presents a typology for nominal compound that classifies the binary relationships implicit in nominal compounds according to their status with regard to the logical properties of transitivity and symmetry. Employing theorems from modal logic, the categories of this logical typology assist in descriptively characterizing the semantics of nominal compounds by supporting inferences concerning the sharing of properties between objects related within nominal compounds. The individual categories of the logical typology are detailed as well as the types of inferences each category supports, but actual inferences about the sharing of properties between related objects cannot be made without a general knowledge data base containing information regarding the attributes of related objects. This thesis additionally describes an implemented computer system that classifies nominal compounds in the categories of the logical typology on the basis of syntactic information concerning the nominals and the taxonomic types of their referents. Master of Science 2014-03-14T21:26:52Z 2014-03-14T21:26:52Z 1995 2009-01-10 2009-01-10 2009-01-10 Thesis Text etd-01102009-063741 http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40572 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01102009-063741/ en OCLC# 34353596 LD5655.V855_1995.M635.pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ viii, 291 leaves BTD application/pdf application/pdf Virginia Tech
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LD5655.V855 1995.M635
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inference
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LD5655.V855 1995.M635
Modlin, Russell Garvin
A logical typology for nominal compounds
description Semantic analysis of nominal compounds includes characterizing the semantic relationships implicit among the separate elements of nominal compounds. This thesis presents a typology for nominal compound that classifies the binary relationships implicit in nominal compounds according to their status with regard to the logical properties of transitivity and symmetry. Employing theorems from modal logic, the categories of this logical typology assist in descriptively characterizing the semantics of nominal compounds by supporting inferences concerning the sharing of properties between objects related within nominal compounds. The individual categories of the logical typology are detailed as well as the types of inferences each category supports, but actual inferences about the sharing of properties between related objects cannot be made without a general knowledge data base containing information regarding the attributes of related objects. This thesis additionally describes an implemented computer system that classifies nominal compounds in the categories of the logical typology on the basis of syntactic information concerning the nominals and the taxonomic types of their referents. === Master of Science
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