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Re: [ontolog-forum] Barbara Partee on Formal Semantics

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From: Philip Jackson <philipcjacksonjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:49:05 -0500
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However, John's interpretation of "Floyd broke the glass" illustrates the pervasive importance of metaphor in natural language, and also reminds us of the importance of Robert Floyd's work.
 
Phil
 

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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:41:46 -0500
Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Barbara Partee on Formal Semantics

I googled "Floyd broke the glass" and found that page 214 of Langacker's book "Concept, Image, and Symbol: The Cognitive Basis of Grammar", discusses this sentence as an example.
 
https://books.google.com/books?id=XK7YUu6LdUQC&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=floyd+broke+the+glass&source=bl&ots=U1_g_b6Ua5&sig=FEaqGzzTLYDjpRM1diBAtODAi8Y&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ma-IVJScCYHdgwTq44KQAQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=floyd%20broke%20the%20glass&f=false
 
Phil
 
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:38:07 -0500
> From: sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Barbara Partee on Formal Semantics
>
> On 12/10/2014 1:15 PM, Simon Spero wrote:
> > Floyd broke the glass.
>
> If you mean that Robert Floyd was a pioneer in the formal definition
> of languages, I agree. His obituary summarizes his contributions:
> http://web.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/01/floydobit117.html
>
> I also agree that the techniques that Floyd and others pioneered
> in computer science preceded the attempts to formalize NLs by
> Montague and others. The comp. sci. methods also had several
> important advantages over the attempts to formalize NLs:
>
> 1. They correctly specified the full syntax and semantics.
>
> 2. They did not distort, mangle, or corrupt the languages
> they were attempting to specify.
>
> 3. They have proved to be useful for practical applications.
>
> John
>
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