Thematic Session
Non-Monotonicity and Natural Language
It has been felt for a long time that several areas of natural
language semantics have a loosely nonmonotonic flavour. We may
mention that approach to lexical semantics which views meaning
as being governed by 'preference rules' which apply by default
(Lakoff, Jackendoff), or various analyses of the progressive
(e.g. Asher, Steedman). The purpose of the special session is
twofold. On the one hand we would like to isolate new areas where
a nonmonotonic view may be helpful. On the other hand, given the
fact that nonmonotonic logic has been strongly criticised since
its inception, we take this opportunity to invite opponents to
the application of nonmonotonic logic proper to voice their
objections.
Contributions
- Tim Fernando
- Non-monotonicity in constructing semantic representations
- Peter Krause
- Identification language games
- Rohit Parikh and Horacio Arlo-Costa
- Two place probabilities, full belief and belief revision
- Henk Zeevat
- Explaining presupposition triggers