Language and space: A two-level semantic approach based on principles of ontological engineering

International Journal of Speech Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-48

  Bateman, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knowledge representation; Natural language processing; Ontology; Spatial assistance; Spatial dialogue systems; Spatial language

Indexed keywords

ASSISTANCE SYSTEM; DIALOGUE SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT MOBILITY; NATURAL LANGUAGE EXPRESSIONS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NATURAL LANGUAGES; ONTOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; PHYSICAL LOCATIONS; SEMANTIC APPROACH; SPATIAL ACTIVITY; SPATIAL DIALOGUE SYSTEMS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SPATIAL LANGUAGE; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PROCESSING;

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 77950019582     PISSN: 13812416     EISSN: 15728110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10772-010-9069-x     Document Type: Article

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