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Applied Logic: How, What and Why

Logical Approaches to Natural Language

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Editors:
  1. László Pólos

    1. Center for Computer Science in Organization and Management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. Michael Masuch

    1. Center for Computer Science in Organization and Management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 247)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Pragmatic Reasoning

    • John Bell
    Pages 1-27

  3. Verb-Phrase Ellipsis in Dynamic Semantics

    • Jan van Eijck, Nissim Francez
    Pages 29-59

  4. Optimization of deduction for Multi-Modal Logics

    • Olivier Gasquet
    Pages 61-77

  5. Are Types Needed for Natural Language?

    • Fairouz Kamareddine
    Pages 79-120

  6. Indexical Dynamics

    • Ian Lewin
    Pages 121-151

  7. Implicit and Explicit Definability in Modal and Temporal Logics

    • Larisa Maksimova
    Pages 153-159

  8. Evolving Algebras and Mathematical Models of Language

    • Lawrence S. Moss, David E. Johnson
    Pages 161-194

  9. Information States in Situation Theory

    • László Polós, Michael Masuch
    Pages 195-236

  10. Logic Finite Automata

    • Klaus U. Schulz, Dov M. Gabbay
    Pages 237-285

  11. Dynamic Aspect Trees

    • J. Seligman, A. Ter Meulen
    Pages 287-320

  12. Logic as a Foundation for a Cognitive Theory of Modality Assignment

    • Keith Stenning
    Pages 321-342

  13. Meeting a Modality?

    • Yde Venema
    Pages 343-361

  14. Update Semantics for Propositional Texts

    • Cees Vermeulen
    Pages 363-386

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 387-392
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About this book

A selection of papers presented at the international conference `Applied Logic: Logic at Work', held in Amsterdam in December 1992. Nowadays, the term `applied logic' has a very wide meaning, as numerous applications of logical methods in computer science, formal linguistics and other fields testify. Such applications are by no means restricted to the use of known logical techniques: at its best, applied logic involves a back-and-forth dialogue between logical theory and the problem domain.
The papers focus on the application of logic to the study of natural language, in syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and the effect of these studies on the development of logic. In the last decade, the dynamic nature of natural language has been the most interesting challenge for logicians. Dynamic semantics is here applied to new topics, the dynamic approach is extended to syntax, and several methodological issues in dynamic semantics are systematically investigated. Other methodological issues in the formal studies of natural language are discussed, such as the need for types, modal operators and other logical operators in the formal framework. Further articles address the scope of these methodological issues from other perspectives ranging from cognition to computation.
The volume presents papers that are interesting for graduate students and researchers in the field of logic, philosophy of language, formal semantics and pragmatics, and computational linguistics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Computer Science in Organization and Management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    László Pólos, Michael Masuch

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Applied Logic: How, What and Why

  • Book Subtitle: Logical Approaches to Natural Language

  • Editors: László Pólos, Michael Masuch

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8533-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3432-3Published: 31 March 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4536-2Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8533-0Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 392

  • Topics: Logic, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Semantics, Philosophy of Language, Syntax

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