Presents, in simple and clear terms, the way in which humans express their ideas by talking.

This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including

Introducing some of the foundational concepts, principles and techniques in the formal semantics of natural language, Elements of Formal Semantics outlines the

An introduction to the study of meaning in language for undergraduate students.

Even though the semantic Web is a relatively new and dynamic area of research, a whole suite of components, standards, and tools have already been developed aro