• DocumentCode
    635850
  • Title

    Computing with prepositions: Fuzzy semantics

  • Author

    Taylor, J.M. ; Raskin, Victor ; Stuart, Lauren M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Technol., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    24-28 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    934
  • Lastpage
    938
  • Abstract
    Following the Computing With Words, in its wider sense, this paper examines the treatment of prepositions with fuzzy logic. In particular, the paper looks at the treatment of two prepositions, in and on, from both the theoretical perspective and that of a text sample analysis. We have shown that the fuzzy analysis of prepositional meaning is helpful for its formal and computational representation, while skirting the thorny issue of the cognitivist metaphorization of abstract meanings of prepositions.
  • Keywords
    computational linguistics; fuzzy logic; fuzzy set theory; natural language processing; cognitivist metaphorization; computational representation; computing with words; formal representation; fuzzy analysis; fuzzy logic; fuzzy semantics; prepositional meaning; text sample analysis; Abstracts; Educational institutions; Fuzzy logic; Natural languages; Pragmatics; Presses; Semantics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IFSA World Congress and NAFIPS Annual Meeting (IFSA/NAFIPS), 2013 Joint
  • Conference_Location
    Edmonton, AB
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IFSA-NAFIPS.2013.6608525
  • Filename
    6608525