Year: 1991
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper presents a formal account of the temporal interpretation of text. The distinct natural interpretations of texts with similar syntax are explained in terms of defeasible rules characterising causal laws and Gricean-style pragmatic maxims. Intuitively compelling patterns of defeasible entailment that are supported by the logic in which the theory is expressed are shown to underly temporal interpretation.
Authors: Alex Lascarides, Nicholas Asher
Institutions: University of Edinburgh, The University of Texas at Austin
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2163214273