other,0-1-E93-1013,ak In addition , the role of <term> modal languages </term> ( and in particular , what we have called <term> layered modal languages </term> ) as <term> constraint formalisms </term> for linguistic theorising is discussed in some detail . <term> Semantic theories </term> of <term> natural language </term> associate <term> meanings </term> with <term> utterances </term> by providing <term> meanings </term> for <term> lexical items </term> and <term> rules </term> for determining the <term> meaning </term> of larger units given the <term> meanings </term> of their parts .
other,3-1-E93-1013,ak <term> Semantic theories </term> of <term> natural language </term> associate <term> meanings </term> with <term> utterances </term> by providing <term> meanings </term> for <term> lexical items </term> and <term> rules </term> for determining the <term> meaning </term> of larger units given the <term> meanings </term> of their parts .
other,6-1-E93-1013,ak <term> Semantic theories </term> of <term> natural language </term> associate <term> meanings </term> with <term> utterances </term> by providing <term> meanings </term> for <term> lexical items </term> and <term> rules </term> for determining the <term> meaning </term> of larger units given the <term> meanings </term> of their parts .
other,8-1-E93-1013,ak <term> Semantic theories </term> of <term> natural language </term> associate <term> meanings </term> with <term> utterances </term> by providing <term> meanings </term> for <term> lexical items </term> and <term> rules </term> for determining the <term> meaning </term> of larger units given the <term> meanings </term> of their parts .
other,11-1-E93-1013,ak <term> Semantic theories </term> of <term> natural language </term> associate <term> meanings </term> with <term> utterances </term> by providing <term> meanings </term> for <term> lexical items </term> and <term> rules </term> for determining the <term> meaning </term> of larger units given the <term> meanings </term> of their parts .
other,13-1-E93-1013,ak <term> Semantic theories </term> of <term> natural language </term> associate <term> meanings </term> with <term> utterances </term> by providing <term> meanings </term> for <term> lexical items </term> and <term> rules </term> for determining the <term> meaning </term> of larger units given the <term> meanings </term> of their parts .
tech,16-1-E93-1013,ak <term> Semantic theories </term> of <term> natural language </term> associate <term> meanings </term> with <term> utterances </term> by providing <term> meanings </term> for <term> lexical items </term> and <term> rules </term> for determining the <term> meaning </term> of larger units given the <term> meanings </term> of their parts .
other,20-1-E93-1013,ak <term> Semantic theories </term> of <term> natural language </term> associate <term> meanings </term> with <term> utterances </term> by providing <term> meanings </term> for <term> lexical items </term> and <term> rules </term> for determining the <term> meaning </term> of larger units given the <term> meanings </term> of their parts .
other,26-1-E93-1013,ak <term> Semantic theories </term> of <term> natural language </term> associate <term> meanings </term> with <term> utterances </term> by providing <term> meanings </term> for <term> lexical items </term> and <term> rules </term> for determining the <term> meaning </term> of larger units given the <term> meanings </term> of their parts .
tech,6-2-E93-1013,ak Traditionally , meanings are combined via <term> function composition </term> , which works well when <term> constituent structure trees </term> are used to guide <term> semantic composition </term> .
other,13-2-E93-1013,ak Traditionally , meanings are combined via <term> function composition </term> , which works well when <term> constituent structure trees </term> are used to guide <term> semantic composition </term> .
other,20-2-E93-1013,ak Traditionally , meanings are combined via <term> function composition </term> , which works well when <term> constituent structure trees </term> are used to guide <term> semantic composition </term> .
other,4-3-E93-1013,ak More recently , the <term> functional structure </term> of <term> LFG </term> has been used to provide the <term> syntactic information </term> necessary for constraining <term> derivations </term> of <term> meaning </term> in a cross-linguistically uniform format .
other,7-3-E93-1013,ak More recently , the <term> functional structure </term> of <term> LFG </term> has been used to provide the <term> syntactic information </term> necessary for constraining <term> derivations </term> of <term> meaning </term> in a cross-linguistically uniform format .
other,14-3-E93-1013,ak More recently , the <term> functional structure </term> of <term> LFG </term> has been used to provide the <term> syntactic information </term> necessary for constraining <term> derivations </term> of <term> meaning </term> in a cross-linguistically uniform format .
other,19-3-E93-1013,ak More recently , the <term> functional structure </term> of <term> LFG </term> has been used to provide the <term> syntactic information </term> necessary for constraining <term> derivations </term> of <term> meaning </term> in a cross-linguistically uniform format .
other,21-3-E93-1013,ak More recently , the <term> functional structure </term> of <term> LFG </term> has been used to provide the <term> syntactic information </term> necessary for constraining <term> derivations </term> of <term> meaning </term> in a cross-linguistically uniform format .
other,15-4-E93-1013,ak It has been difficult , however , to reconcile this approach with the combination of <term> meanings </term> by <term> function composition </term> .
tech,17-4-E93-1013,ak It has been difficult , however , to reconcile this approach with the combination of <term> meanings </term> by <term> function composition </term> .
other,13-5-E93-1013,ak In contrast to compositional approaches , we present a deductive approach to assembling <term> meanings </term> , based on <term> reasoning with constraints </term> , which meshes well with the unordered nature of <term> information </term> in the <term> functional structure </term> .
hide detail