Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Sc ›› 2014, Vol. 2014 ›› Issue (3): 144-151.

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Application of Montague Semantics to document information organizations and retrievals

WANG Shan-ping1， ZHANG Jing-bo2， ZHU Shui-lin3， LIU Dan2， CAO Yu4   

  1. 1. Editorial Office of Journal ECNU，East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China; 
    2. Library ECNU, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China; 
    3. Institute of Information, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai 200235, China; 
    4. Shanghai Technical College of Urban Management, Shanghai 200438, China
  • Received:2014-01-01 Revised:2014-04-01 Online:2014-05-25 Published:2014-07-25

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Abstract: Firstly, a brief survey of Montague Semantics (MS) and its application history in machine translations was given, and the characteristics and limitations of MS as a tool in natural language processing was analyzed; it was also pointed out that MS can be used to build suitable formal models for many controlled natural languages (CNL). Then a CNL system based on MS for document information organizations and retrievals was proposed. This new concept system will overcome the shortcomings and limitations of traditional methods for information organizations and retrievals, and bring about revolutionary changes in this area. The working principle and structure frame were discussed in detail.

Key words: Montague Semantics, machine translation, controlled natural languages, document information, information retrieval

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