</term>
of
<term>
natural language
</term>
associate
#24750In addition, the role of modal languages (and in particular, what we have called layered modal languages) as constraint formalisms for linguistic theorising is discussed in some detail.Semantic theories of natural language associate meanings with utterances by providing meanings for lexical items and rules for determining the meaning of larger units given the meanings of their parts.
other,11-1-E93-1013,ak
<term>
utterances
</term>
by providing
<term>
meanings
</term>
for
<term>
lexical items
</term>
and
<term>
#24761Semantic theories of natural language associate meanings with utterances by providingmeanings for lexical items and rules for determining the meaning of larger units given the meanings of their parts.
other,12-6-E93-1013,ak
</term>
as a ' glue ' for assembling
<term>
meanings
</term>
also allows for a coherent treatment
#24899Our use of linear logic as a 'glue' for assemblingmeanings also allows for a coherent treatment of modification as well as of the LFG requirements of completeness and coherence.
other,13-1-E93-1013,ak
providing
<term>
meanings
</term>
for
<term>
lexical items
</term>
and
<term>
rules
</term>
for determining
#24763Semantic theories of natural language associate meanings with utterances by providing meanings forlexical items and rules for determining the meaning of larger units given the meanings of their parts.
other,13-2-E93-1013,ak
composition
</term>
, which works well when
<term>
constituent structure trees
</term>
are used to guide
<term>
semantic composition
#24794Traditionally, meanings are combined via function composition, which works well whenconstituent structure trees are used to guide semantic composition.
other,13-5-E93-1013,ak
a deductive approach to assembling
<term>
meanings
</term>
, based on
<term>
reasoning with constraints
#24865In contrast to compositional approaches, we present a deductive approach to assemblingmeanings, based on reasoning with constraints, which meshes well with the unordered nature of information in the functional structure.
other,14-3-E93-1013,ak
</term>
has been used to provide the
<term>
syntactic information
</term>
necessary for constraining
<term>
derivations
#24818More recently, the functional structure of LFG has been used to provide thesyntactic information necessary for constraining derivations of meaning in a cross-linguistically uniform format.
other,15-4-E93-1013,ak
this approach with the combination of
<term>
meanings
</term>
by
<term>
function composition
</term>
#24847It has been difficult, however, to reconcile this approach with the combination ofmeanings by function composition.
other,19-3-E93-1013,ak
information
</term>
necessary for constraining
<term>
derivations
</term>
of
<term>
meaning
</term>
in a cross-linguistically
#24823More recently, the functional structure of LFG has been used to provide the syntactic information necessary for constrainingderivations of meaning in a cross-linguistically uniform format.
other,20-1-E93-1013,ak
<term>
rules
</term>
for determining the
<term>
meaning
</term>
of larger units given the
<term>
meanings
#24770Semantic theories of natural language associate meanings with utterances by providing meanings for lexical items and rules for determining themeaning of larger units given the meanings of their parts.
other,20-2-E93-1013,ak
structure trees
</term>
are used to guide
<term>
semantic composition
</term>
. More recently , the
<term>
functional
#24801Traditionally, meanings are combined via function composition, which works well when constituent structure trees are used to guidesemantic composition.
other,20-6-E93-1013,ak
allows for a coherent treatment of
<term>
modification
</term>
as well as of the LFG requirements
#24907Our use of linear logic as a 'glue' for assembling meanings also allows for a coherent treatment ofmodification as well as of the LFG requirements of completeness and coherence.
other,21-3-E93-1013,ak
constraining
<term>
derivations
</term>
of
<term>
meaning
</term>
in a cross-linguistically uniform
#24825More recently, the functional structure of LFG has been used to provide the syntactic information necessary for constraining derivations ofmeaning in a cross-linguistically uniform format.
other,26-1-E93-1013,ak
meaning
</term>
of larger units given the
<term>
meanings
</term>
of their parts . Traditionally ,
#24776Semantic theories of natural language associate meanings with utterances by providing meanings for lexical items and rules for determining the meaning of larger units given themeanings of their parts.
other,29-5-E93-1013,ak
well with the unordered nature of
<term>
information
</term>
in the
<term>
functional structure
</term>
#24881In contrast to compositional approaches, we present a deductive approach to assembling meanings, based on reasoning with constraints, which meshes well with the unordered nature ofinformation in the functional structure.
other,29-6-E93-1013,ak
well as of the LFG requirements of
<term>
completeness
</term>
and
<term>
coherence
</term>
. We describe
#24916Our use of linear logic as a 'glue' for assembling meanings also allows for a coherent treatment of modification as well as of the LFG requirements ofcompleteness and coherence.
other,3-1-E93-1013,ak
.
<term>
Semantic theories
</term>
of
<term>
natural language
</term>
associate
<term>
meanings
</term>
with
#24753Semantic theories ofnatural language associate meanings with utterances by providing meanings for lexical items and rules for determining the meaning of larger units given the meanings of their parts.
other,31-6-E93-1013,ak
requirements of
<term>
completeness
</term>
and
<term>
coherence
</term>
. We describe a
<term>
computational
#24918Our use of linear logic as a 'glue' for assembling meanings also allows for a coherent treatment of modification as well as of the LFG requirements of completeness andcoherence.
other,32-5-E93-1013,ak
nature of
<term>
information
</term>
in the
<term>
functional structure
</term>
. Our use of
<term>
linear logic
</term>
#24884In contrast to compositional approaches, we present a deductive approach to assembling meanings, based on reasoning with constraints, which meshes well with the unordered nature of information in thefunctional structure.
other,4-3-E93-1013,ak
composition
</term>
. More recently , the
<term>
functional structure
</term>
of
<term>
LFG
</term>
has been used to
#24808More recently, thefunctional structure of LFG has been used to provide the syntactic information necessary for constraining derivations of meaning in a cross-linguistically uniform format.