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    Current Issues in Mathematical Linguistics
    Current Issues in Mathematical Linguistics
    Current Issues in Mathematical Linguistics
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    Current Issues in Mathematical Linguistics

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    The present volume contains some selected topics of current interest around the world in the mathematical analysis of natural language. The book is divided into four sections:

    - analytical algebraic models

    - models from the theory of formal grammars and automata, with interest mainly in syntax

    - model-theoretic concepts in semantics or pragmatics, and

    - a final section containing some applications in computational linguistics.

    The varied perspectives illustrated in the book confirm that Mathematical Linguistics has finally introduced scientific methods into a previously fuzzy field, through the use of mathematical reasoning. The text will contribute to a fruitful convergence between linguists, mathematicians, logicians, computer scientists, cognitive scientists and others interested in the formal treatment of natural language and the research of its properties.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateJun 28, 2014
    ISBN9781483294728
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