#24801Traditionally, meanings are combined via function composition, which works well when constituent structure trees are used to guidesemantic 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.
tech,3-6-E93-1013,ak
functional structure
</term>
. Our use of
<term>
linear logic
</term>
as a ' glue ' for assembling
<term>
#24890Our use oflinear logic as a 'glue' for assembling meanings also allows for a coherent treatment of modification as well as of the LFG requirements of completeness and coherence.
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.
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.
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,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.
tech,17-5-E93-1013,ak
assembling
<term>
meanings
</term>
, based on
<term>
reasoning with constraints
</term>
, which meshes well with the unordered
#24869In contrast to compositional approaches, we present a deductive approach to assembling meanings, based onreasoning with constraints, which meshes well with the unordered nature of information in the functional structure.
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,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.
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,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,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.
tech,6-2-E93-1013,ak
Traditionally , meanings are combined via
<term>
function composition
</term>
, which works well when
<term>
constituent
#24787Traditionally, meanings are combined viafunction composition, which works well when constituent 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,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,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,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,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,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.