Defining language : a local grammar of definition sentences /

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Author / Creator:Barnbrook, Geoff.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 2002.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 280 pages).
Language:English
Series:Studies in corpus linguistics, 1388-0373 ; v. 11
Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 11.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11129684
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ISBN:9789027296177
9027296170
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9781588112989
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and indexes.
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Summary:Definition is a basic activity of language, of particular importance to linguists because of its use of language to describe itself. Beyond this inherent significance as a crucial element of language study, definitions also provide a rich potential source of the information needed for Natural Language Processing systems. This book describes an investigation of the subset of general language used in definition sentences and the development of a taxonomy of definition types, a grammar of definition sentences and parsing software which can extract their functional components. The work is based.
Other form:Print version: Barnbrook, Geoff. Defining language. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 2002