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Author Herskovits, Annette.

Title Language and spatial cognition : an interdisciplinary study of the prepositions in English / Annette Herskovits
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986

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 MELB  425 H572L  AVAILABLE
Description x, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Studies in natural language processing
Studies in natural language processing.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Descriptive Framework: 1. Meaning and use of locative expressions; 2. Normal situation types; 3. Purpose; 4. Ideal meanings; 5. Geometric descriptions; 6. Pragmatic factors; 7. Use types; Part II. An Excursion into Computer Models: 8. Decoding and encoding; Part III. Case Studies: 9. The three basic topological prepositions; 10. The projective prepositions; Conclusion: Index
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 201-205
Subject English language -- Data processing.
English language -- Prepositions -- Data processing.
English language -- Prepositions.
Natural language processing (Computer science)
Space and time in language.
LC no. 86006089
ISBN 0521266904