2015م - 1444هـ
Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning



A metric for assessing the complexity of semantic (and pragmatic) analysis in natural language processing is proposed as part of a general applied theory of linguistic semantics for NLP. The theory is intended as a complete projection of linguistic semantics onto NLP and is designed as an exhaustive list of possible choices among strategies of semantic analysis at each level, from the word to the entire text. The alternatives are summarized in a chart, which can be completed for each existing or projected NLP system. The remaining components of the applied theory are also outlined.