Computational semantics is the study of how to automate the process of constructing and reasoning with meaning representations of natural language expressions. It consequently plays an important role in natural-language processing and computational linguistics.
Some traditional topics of interest are: construction of meaning representations, semantic underspecification, anaphora resolution,presupposition projection, and quantifier scope resolution. Methods employed usually draw from formal semantics or statistical semantics. Computational semantics has points of contact with the areas of lexical semantics (word-sense disambiguation and semantic role labeling), discourse semantics, knowledge representation and automated reasoning (in particular, automated theorem proving). Since 1999 there has been an ACL special interest group on computational semantics, SIGSEM.
See also
- Discourse representation theory
- Formal semantics (natural language)
- Minimal recursion semantics
- Natural-language understanding
- Semantic compression
- Semantic parsing
- Semantic Web
- SemEval
- WordNet
Further reading
- Blackburn, P., and Bos, J. (2005), Representation and Inference for Natural Language: A First Course in Computational Semantics, CSLI Publications. ISBN 1-57586-496-7.
- Bunt, H., and Muskens, R. (1999), Computing Meaning, Volume 1, Kluwer Publishing, Dordrecht. ISBN 1-4020-0290-4.
- Bunt, H., Muskens, R., and Thijsse, E. (2001), Computing Meaning, Volume 2, Kluwer Publishing, Dordrecht. ISBN 1-4020-0175-4.
- Copestake, A., Flickinger, D. P., Sag, I. A., & Pollard, C. (2005). Minimal Recursion Semantics. An introduction. In Research on Language and Computation. 3:281–332.
- Eijck, J. van, and C. Unger (2010): Computational Semantics with Functional Programming. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-75760-7
- Wilks, Y., and Charniak, E. (1976), Computational Semantics: An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Understanding, North-Holland, Amsterdam. ISBN 0-444-11110-7.
References
- Blackburn, Patrick, and Johan Bos. "Computational semantics." Theoria: An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science (2003): 27–45.
- Basile, Valerio, et al. "Developing a large semantically annotated corpus." LREC 2012, Eighth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation. 2012.
External links
- Special Interest Group on Computational Semantics (SIGSEM) of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
- IWCS - International Workshop on Computational Semantics (endorsed by SIGSEM)
- ICoS - Inference in Computational Semantics (endorsed by SIGSEM)
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Computational semantics is the study of how to automate the process of constructing and reasoning with meaning representations of natural language expressions It consequently plays an important role in natural language processing and computational linguistics Some traditional topics of interest are construction of meaning representations semantic underspecification anaphora resolution presupposition projection and quantifier scope resolution Methods employed usually draw from formal semantics or statistical semantics Computational semantics has points of contact with the areas of lexical semantics word sense disambiguation and semantic role labeling discourse semantics knowledge representation and automated reasoning in particular automated theorem proving Since 1999 there has been an ACL special interest group on computational semantics SIGSEM See alsoDiscourse representation theory Formal semantics natural language Minimal recursion semantics Natural language understanding Semantic compression Semantic parsing Semantic Web SemEval WordNetFurther readingBlackburn P and Bos J 2005 Representation and Inference for Natural Language A First Course in Computational Semantics CSLI Publications ISBN 1 57586 496 7 Bunt H and Muskens R 1999 Computing Meaning Volume 1 Kluwer Publishing Dordrecht ISBN 1 4020 0290 4 Bunt H Muskens R and Thijsse E 2001 Computing Meaning Volume 2 Kluwer Publishing Dordrecht ISBN 1 4020 0175 4 Copestake A Flickinger D P Sag I A amp Pollard C 2005 Minimal Recursion Semantics An introduction In Research on Language and Computation 3 281 332 Eijck J van and C Unger 2010 Computational Semantics with Functional Programming Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 75760 7 Wilks Y and Charniak E 1976 Computational Semantics An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Understanding North Holland Amsterdam ISBN 0 444 11110 7 ReferencesBlackburn Patrick and Johan Bos Computational semantics Theoria An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science 2003 27 45 Basile Valerio et al Developing a large semantically annotated corpus LREC 2012 Eighth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation 2012 External linksSpecial Interest Group on Computational Semantics SIGSEM of the Association for Computational Linguistics ACL IWCS International Workshop on Computational Semantics endorsed by SIGSEM ICoS Inference in Computational Semantics endorsed by SIGSEM This computational linguistics related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This semantics article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte
