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Semantics deals with the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences. It is a wide and open subject intricately interwoven with the structure of the mind. The potential domain of semantics is immense and covers many of the human cognitive activities. It has naturally spurred a great number of theories. From the philosophers of ancient and medieval times, to logicians of the 19th century, psychologists and linguists of the 20th century, and now computer scientists, a huge effort has been made on this subject.
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(2006). Semantics and Predicate Logic. In: An Introduction to Language Processing with Perl and Prolog. Cognitive Technologies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-34336-9_12
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