</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,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,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,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,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,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,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,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.
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,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,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,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,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,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.
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,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.
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,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,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.