#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,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,7-3-E93-1013,ak
<term>
functional structure
</term>
of
<term>
LFG
</term>
has been used to provide the
<term>
#24811More recently, the functional structure ofLFG has been used to provide the syntactic 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,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,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,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,8-1-E93-1013,ak
associate
<term>
meanings
</term>
with
<term>
utterances
</term>
by providing
<term>
meanings
</term>
#24758Semantic theories of natural language associate meanings withutterances by providing meanings for lexical items and rules for determining the meaning of larger units given the meanings of their parts.
tech,16-1-E93-1013,ak
</term>
for
<term>
lexical items
</term>
and
<term>
rules
</term>
for determining the
<term>
meaning
</term>
#24766Semantic theories of natural language associate meanings with utterances by providing meanings for lexical items andrules for determining the meaning of larger units given the meanings of their parts.
other,0-1-E93-1013,ak
theorising is discussed in some detail .
<term>
Semantic theories
</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,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.
tech,17-4-E93-1013,ak
combination of
<term>
meanings
</term>
by
<term>
function composition
</term>
. In contrast to compositional approaches
#24849It has been difficult, however, to reconcile this approach with the combination of meanings byfunction composition.
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,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,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,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,6-1-E93-1013,ak
<term>
natural language
</term>
associate
<term>
meanings
</term>
with
<term>
utterances
</term>
by providing
#24756Semantic theories of natural language associatemeanings with utterances by providing meanings for lexical items and rules for determining the meaning of larger units given the meanings of their parts.
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,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.
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.