This paper reviews the current state of the art in natural language access to databases. This
has been a long-standing area of work in natural language processing. But though some …

In this rich reference work, Beth Levin classifies over 3,000 English verbs according to
shared meaning and behavior. Levin starts with the hypothesis that a verb's meaning …

The first formally elaborated theory of a generative approach to word meaning, The
Generative Lexicon lays the foundation for an implemented computational treatment of word …

The Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics is a unique reference work for
students and teachers of linguistics. The highly regarded second edition of the Lexikon der …

A cognitive linguistics view of terminology and specialized language A Cognitive Linguistics
View of Terminology and Specialized Language Page 2 Applications of Cognitive …

Dictionaries are among the most frequently consulted books, yet we know remarkably little
about them. Who makes them? Where do they come from? What do they offer? How can we …

Peter Ludlow shows how word meanings are much more dynamic than we might have
supposed, and explores how meanings are modulated (changed) even during the course of …

This book presents the reader with a set of diverse, carefully developed and clearly specified
systems of transcription and coding, arising from contrasting theoretical perspectives, and …

It is widely acknowledged that natural language processing, as an indispensable means for
information technology, requires the strong support of world knowledge as well as linguistic …

The arrival of the modern computer set in motion a series of lexicographers' dreams without
equal in the history of dictionary making. Achieving the wildest of those electronic‐dictionary …