In this paper we show how a pure denotative (nonprocedural) language based on the λ-calculus can be provided with purely denotative analogs of the various constructs—such as while loops, blocks, case statements and the like—of conventional imperative structured programming languages. They can be simulated quite adequately using only two simple tools: phrases, which are compound expressions not ...

1.1 Motivation There are two chief motivations for chunking: to locate information, or to ignore information. In the former case, we may want to extract all noun phrases so that they can be indexed. A text retrieval system could the use the index to support e cient retrieval for queries involving terminological expressions. A message understanding system will extract salient chunks of text from...

In The proper treatment of quantification in ordimny Englim tk rQ) (Montague, 1973), Richard Montague presents the syntax and semantics of a fragment of English. His objective is to support the contention that “there is . . . no important theoretical difference between natural languages and the artificial languages of logicians” and that it is “possible to comprehend the syntax given in PTQ con...

In this paper we present a previously unexplored approach to recognizing the textual extent of temporal expressions. Based on the observation that temporal expressions are syntactic constituents, we use functional dependency relations between tokens in a sentence to determine which words in addition to a trigger word belong to the extent of the expression. This method is particularly attractive...

The harnessing of time-related information from text for the use of event detection, for example, requires a leap from the surface forms of the expressions to a formalized time-axis. We present a methodology for extraction of Finnish temporal expressions and a scheme of comparing the temporal evidence of the news documents. We employ the comparison in identifying news events.

Wh-questions are answered with a list of pairs when quantified expressions such as "every professor" interact with wh-phrases. The theory of branching quantification is extended to wh-quantifier interactions to account for the question reading associated with list answers. It is also shown that there are several phenomena which would be better explained when functional variables are incorporate...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of information is more likely to be conveyed by netizens through social media, especially Facebook. The in question sometimes contains potentially satirical expressions. In this regard, purpose study describe expressions Indonesian that have potential satire cannot separated from topic pandemic. This research qualitative with descriptive presentation method. R...

The purpose of this study is to develop a stimulus set, in which facial and vocal expressions by East Asian and Western speakers are recorded. In the recording session, facial and vocal expressions, in which the six basic emotions were expressed, were recorded from Japanese and Dutch models, using equivalent linguistic phrases and identical recording settings and procedures. After selection, fa...