Identifying the Meta-Forms of Situations: A Case-Study in Computational Semiotics

Various tasksofcomputingmeaning involve the identification, representationandprocessingof interconnectedandrecurrentpatternsknownassituations,context,framesorforms.Inthispaper, the authors propose a novel computational - semiotics approach for addressing various tasks of situationsemantics.Theapproachreliesonthedual-spacemodelandtherepresentationofasituation basedondomainandfunctionsimilarityofitsconstitutingparts.Theauthorsillustratethisapproach throughaworked-outexampleandtestitbyautomaticallyby(1)Judgingthetruth-valueofsituational propositionsand(2)Generatingexplanationstometaphors. KeywoRdS Cognition and Language, Computational Semiotics, Interdisciplinary Research, Meta-Form, Situation

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