linguistics Books
We've found 62 books tagged 'linguistics' relevant to the field of humanlike conversational artificial intelligence.
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11194
by Pierre M. Nugues |
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An Outline of Theories, Implementation, and Application with Special Consideration of English, French, and German |
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Springer
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2010 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Introduc... |
Summary: This book teaches the principles of natural language processing and covers linguistics issues. It also details the language-processing functions involved, including part-of-speech tagging using rules and stochastic techniques. A key feature of the book is the author’s hands-on approach throughout, with extensive exercises, sample code...
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Introduction to Cognitive Science |
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The MIT Press
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2005 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Int... |
Summary: Cognitive science approaches the study of mind and intelligence from an interdisciplinary perspective, working at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, linguistics, and anthropology. With Mind, Paul Thagard offers an introduction to this interdisciplinary field for readers who come to the subject with...
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An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics |
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Oxford University Press
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2011 |
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Summary: This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language, covering not only semantic matters but also topics normally considered to fall under pragmatics. Above all, the book displays and explains the richness and subtlety of meaning, with the...
Summary: Theories of Lexical Semantics offers a comprehensive overview of the major traditions of word meaning research in linguistics. In spite of the growing importance of the lexicon in linguistic theory, no overview of the main theoretical trends in lexical semantics is currently available. This book...
Summary: Semantics is the study of meaning in language. This clear and comprehensive textbook is the most up-to-date introduction to the subject available for undergraduate students. It not only equips students with the concepts they need in order to understand the main aspects of semantics, it...
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10618
by Lynne M. Murphy and Anu Koskela |
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Continuum
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2010 |
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Summary: Key Terms in Semantics covers the key terms, concepts, thinkers and texts in semantics that students in linguistics and language studies will encounter.
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A Slim Guide to Semantics |
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Oxford University Press
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2011 |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Meanin... |
Summary: Our outstanding ability to communicate is a distinguishing features of our species. To communicate is to convey meaning, but what is meaning? How do words combine to give us the meanings of sentences? And what makes a statement ambiguous or nonsensical? These questions and many...
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A Practical Introduction |
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Oxford University Press
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2011 |
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Summary: This lively textbook introduces students and scholars to practical and precise methods for articulating the meanings of words and sentences, and for revealing connections between language and culture. Topics range over emotions, speech acts, words for animals and artifacts, motion, activity verbs, causatives, discourse particles,...
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10612
by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R. M. W. Dixon |
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Essays on Syntax and Semantics |
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Brill
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2011 |
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Summary: The volume brings together important essays on syntax and semantics by Aikhenvald and Dixon, highlighting their expertise in various fields of linguistics. The first part focusses on linguistic typology, covering case markers used on verbs, argument-determined constructions, unusual meanings of causatives, the semantic basis for...
Summary: The book describes syntax of human language perceived as a cognitive process of a human brain.
