Open Compositionality

Author : Eduardo García-Ramírez
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781498562737

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Open Compositionality by Eduardo García-Ramírez Pdf

Open Compositionality: Towards a New Methodology of Language argues that natural languages, like English and Spanish, are not only systems of representation useful for communication but also highly interactive cognitive capacities allowing humans to engage in complex forms of cognition. This view goes against the orthodox approach within philosophy of language, which considers natural languages to be specialized systems consisting of only linguistic elements and functioning in a closed compositional manner, allowing for fully formal, algebraic descriptions. Eduardo García-Ramírez rejects the longstanding principle of compositionality, according to which the meaning of any complex expression is fully determined by its parts and the way they are combined, and he substitutes it with an alternative, open, and interactive one. This novel view of the nature of language better accounts for the empirical evidence. García Ramírez develops an account of open compositionality, accompanied by the cognition-first methodology, in which natural languages are conceived as supermodular cognitive capacities that allow for interaction among multiple distinct areas of human cognition. The explanatory success of this original proposal and its accompanying methodology are tested by the author’s account of three enduring philosophical problems: substitution failure, empty names, and the nature of moral discourse.

Author : Markus Werning,Wolfram Hinzen,Edouard Machery
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 765 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191633294

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The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality by Markus Werning,Wolfram Hinzen,Edouard Machery Pdf

In this book leading scholars from every relevant field report on all aspects of compositionality, the notion that the meaning of an expression can be derived from its parts. Understanding how compositionality works is a central element of syntactic and semantic analysis and a challenge for models of cognition. It is a key concept in linguistics and philosophy and in the cognitive sciences more generally, and is without question one of the most exciting fields in the study of language and mind. The authors of this book report critically on lines of research in different disciplines, revealing the connections between them and highlighting current problems and opportunities. The force and justification of compositionality have long been contentious. First proposed by Frege as the notion that the meaning of an expression is generally determined by the meaning and syntax of its components, it has since been deployed as a constraint on the relation between theories of syntax and semantics, as a means of analysis, and more recently as underlying the structures of representational systems, such as computer programs and neural architectures. The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality explores these and many other dimensions of this challenging field. It will appeal to researchers and advanced students in linguistics and philosophy and to everyone concerned with the study of language and cognition including those working in neuroscience, computational science, and bio-informatics.

Author : Christopher Ariza
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781581122923

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An Open Design for Computer-Aided Algorithmic Music Composition by Christopher Ariza Pdf

This dissertation introduces a new design for a computer-aided algorithmic music composition system. Rather than exploring specific algorithms, this study focuses on system and component design. The design introduced here is demonstrated through its implementation in athenaCL, a modular, polyphonic, poly-paradigm algorithmic music composition system in a cross-platform interactive command-line environment. The athenaCL system offers an open-source, object-oriented composition tool written in Python. The system can be scripted and embedded, and includes integrated instrument libraries, post-tonal and microtonal pitch modeling tools, multiple-format graphical outputs, and musical output in Csound, MIDI, audio file, XML, and text formats. Software design analysis is framed within a broad historical and intertextual study of the themes, approaches, and systems of computer-aided algorithmic composition (CAAC). A detailed history of the earliest experiments, as well as analysis of the foundational CAAC systems, is provided. Common problems and interpretations of CAAC are then presented in a historical and intertextual context, drawn from the writings and systems of numerous composers and developers. Toward the goal of developing techniques of comparative software analysis, a survey of system design archetypes, based on seven descriptors of CAAC systems, is presented. With this foundation, athenaCL system components are analyzed in detail. System components are divided into abstractions of musical materials, abstractions of musical procedures, and system architecture. For each component, object models, Python examples, and diagrams are provided. Further, each component is given context in terms of its compositional implications and relation to alternative and related models from the history of CAAC.

Author : James A. Hampton,Yoad Winter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319459776

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Compositionality and Concepts in Linguistics and Psychology by James A. Hampton,Yoad Winter Pdf

By highlighting relations between experimental and theoretical work, this volume explores new ways of addressing one of the central challenges in the study of language and cognition. The articles bring together work by leading scholars and younger researchers in psychology, linguistics and philosophy. An introductory chapter lays out the background on concept composition, a problem that is stimulating much new research in cognitive science. Researchers in this interdisciplinary domain aim to explain how meanings of complex expressions are derived from simple lexical concepts and to show how these meanings connect to concept representations. Traditionally, much of the work on concept composition has been carried out within separate disciplines, where cognitive psychologists have concentrated on concept representations, and linguists and philosophers have focused on the meaning and use of logical operators. This volume demonstrates an important change in this situation, where convergence points between these three disciplines in cognitive science are emerging and are leading to new findings and theoretical insights. This book is open access under a CC BY license.

Author : Roel J Wieringa,R B Feenstra
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995-06-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814549332

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Information Systems-correctness And Reusability - Selected Papers Form The Is-core Workshop by Roel J Wieringa,R B Feenstra Pdf

This volume contains papers on formal system specification. The chapters treat algebraic specification, temporal logic specification, default specifications and deontic logic specification. Applications include information systems, distributed systems, and real-time systems. One of the major themes in the book is the motivation to bring formal specification techniques one step further towards realistic applications.

Author : Tara Roeder,Roseanne Gatto
Publisher : Parlor Press LLC
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781602356542

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Critical Expressivism by Tara Roeder,Roseanne Gatto Pdf

Critical Expressivism is an ambitious attempt to re-appropriate intelletual territory that has more often been charted by its detractors than by its proponents. Indeed, as Peter Elbow observes in his contribution to this volume, “As far as I can tell, the term ‘expressivist’ was coined and used only by people who wanted a word for people they disapproved of and wanted to discredit.” The editors and contributors to this collection invite readers to join them in a new conversation, one informed by “a belief that the term expressivism continues to have a vitally important function in our field.”

Author : Pauline I. Jacobson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199677153

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Compositional Semantics by Pauline I. Jacobson Pdf

This book provides an introduction to compositional semantics and to the syntax/semantics interface. It is rooted within the tradition of model theoretic semantics, and develops an explicit fragment of both the syntax and semantics of a rich portion of English. Professor Jacobson adopts a Direct Compositionality approach, whereby the syntax builds the expressions while the semantics simultaneously assigns each a model-theoretic interpretation. Alongside this approach, the author also presents a competing view that makes use of an intermediate level, Logical Form. She develops parallel treatments of a variety of phenomena from both points of view with detailed comparisons. The book begins with simple and fundamental concepts and gradually builds a more complex fragment, including analyses of more advanced topics such as focus, negative polarity, and a variety of topics centering on pronouns and binding more generally. Exercises are provided throughout, alongside open-ended questions for students to consider. The exercises are interspersed with the text to promote self-discovery of the fundamentals and their applications. The book provides a rigorous foundation in formal analysis and model theoretic semantics and is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in linguistics, philosophy of language, and related fields.

Author : Eric Elliott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1661212565

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Composing Software by Eric Elliott Pdf

All software design is composition: the act of breaking complex problems down into smaller problems and composing those solutions. Most developers have a limited understanding of compositional techniques. It's time for that to change.In "Composing Software", Eric Elliott shares the fundamentals of composition, including both function composition and object composition, and explores them in the context of JavaScript. The book covers the foundations of both functional programming and object oriented programming to help the reader better understand how to build and structure complex applications using simple building blocks.You'll learn: Functional programmingObject compositionHow to work with composite data structuresClosuresHigher order functionsFunctors (e.g., array.map)Monads (e.g., promises)TransducersLensesAll of this in the context of JavaScript, the most used programming language in the world. But the learning doesn't stop at JavaScript. You'll be able to apply these lessons to any language. This book is about the timeless principles of software composition and its lessons will outlast the hot languages and frameworks of today. Unlike most programming books, this one may still be relevant 20 years from now.This book began life as a popular blog post series that attracted hundreds of thousands of readers and influenced the way software is built at many high growth tech startups and fortune 500 companies

Author : William Swinton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : English language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105049229714

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School-composition: Being Advanced Language-lessons for Grammar Schools by William Swinton Pdf

Author : Philippe H. Ernest Brette
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : French language
ISBN : UVA:X001153205

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Introduction to French prose composition by Philippe H. Ernest Brette Pdf

Author : Philippe Honoré Ernest Brette
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : French language
ISBN : PRNC:32101039723893

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The French Principia ...: An introduction to French prose composition by Philippe Honoré Ernest Brette Pdf

Author : University of Michigan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
ISBN : UOM:39015071518610

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General Register by University of Michigan Pdf

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Author : Ann Inoshita,Karyl Garland,Kate Sims
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 1948027062

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English Composition by Ann Inoshita,Karyl Garland,Kate Sims Pdf

This OER textbook has been designed for students to learn the foundational concepts for English 100 (first-year college composition). The content aligns to learning outcomes across all campuses in the University of Hawai'i system. It was designed, written, and edited during a three day book sprint in May, 2019.

Author : Garrett Field
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520967755

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Modernizing Composition by Garrett Field Pdf

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology, whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. As a consequence of this academic separation, scholars rarely take notice of connections between South Asian song and poetry. Modernizing Composition overcomes this disciplinary fragmentation by examining the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Garrett Field describes how songwriters and poets modernized song and poetry in response to colonial and postcolonial formations. The story of this modernization is significant in that it shifts focus from India’s relationship to the West to little-studied connections between Sri Lanka and North India.

Author : Albert Harkness
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Latin language
ISBN : HARVARD:32044097055792

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A New Latin Reader with Exercises in Latin Composition by Albert Harkness Pdf