DocumentCode :
3317391
Title :
A logical approach for metaphor understanding
Author :
Huang, Xiaoxi ; Changle Zhou
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
fYear :
2005
fDate :
30 Oct.-1 Nov. 2005
Firstpage :
268
Lastpage :
271
Abstract :
Metaphor is pervasive in natural language. A logic based approach for metaphor understanding is proposed. A modal operator U that is dual operator of knowing operator K in classical epistemic logic is introduced. The main novelty of this logic is that it used conceptual spaces instead of possible worlds and a series of mapping functions over conceptual spaces instead of relation accessibility. The logic system proved to be a T system. A preliminary application of the logic system is introduced in understanding Chinese metaphor with the form of "X is Y".
Keywords :
computational linguistics; formal logic; natural languages; T system; metaphor logic system; metaphor understanding; modal operator; natural language; Cognition; Computational modeling; Computer science; Educational institutions; Humans; Logic; Natural language processing; Natural languages; Pervasive computing; Petroleum;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, 2005. IEEE NLP-KE '05. Proceedings of 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9361-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/NLPKE.2005.1598746
Filename :
1598746
Link To Document :
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