A. Lascarides

Publications
Influence

Nicholas Asher, A. Lascarides
Computer Science
Studies in natural language processing
2005

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Motivations 2. Semantic models of discourse interpretation 3. Pragmatic models for discourse interpretation 4. The logical form of discourse 5. Building logical forms for discourse 6. The lexicon and discourse structure 7. Discourse relations. Expand

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Indirect Speech Acts

Nicholas Asher, A. Lascarides
Computer Science
Synthese
1 July 2001

We show how a formal semantictheory of discourse interpretation can be used to define speech actsand to avoid murky issues concerning the metaphysics of action. Expand

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Temporal interpretation, discourse relations and commonsense entailment

A. Lascarides, Nicholas Asher
Computer Science, Philosophy
The Language of Time - A Reader
1 October 1993

This paper presents a formal account of how to determine the discourse relations between propositions introduced in a text, and the relations between the events they describe. Expand

Metaphor in Discourse

Nicholas Asher, A. Lascarides
Computer Science
1995

We showed how to compute metaphorical interpretations from a combination of three mechanisms: lexical rules which specify the range of possible meaning shifts of classes of words; circumscriptive techniques for fleshing out metaphorical interpretation in different pragmatic contexts; and a theory of discourse structure. Expand

An Algebra for Semantic Construction in Constraint-based Grammars

Ann A. Copestake, A. Lascarides, D. Flickinger
Computer Science
ACL
6 July 2001

We develop a framework for formalizing semantic construction within grammars expressed in typed feature structure logics, including HPSG. Expand

A Probabilistic Account of Logical Metonymy

Mirella Lapata, A. Lascarides
Computer Science
Computational Linguistics
1 June 2003

We investigate logical metonymy, that is, constructions in which the argument of a word in syntax appears to be different from that argument in logical form (e.g., enjoy the book means enjoy reading the book, and easy problem means a problem that is easy to solve). Expand

A Statistical Approach to the Semantics of Verb-Particles

Colin Bannard, Timothy Baldwin, A. Lascarides
Computer Science
ACL
12 July 2003

This paper describes a distributional approach to the semantics of verb-particle constructions (e.g. put up, make off). Expand

The Semantics and Pragmatics of Presupposition

Nicholas Asher, A. Lascarides
Computer Science
J. Semant.
1 August 1998

In this paper, we offer a novel analysis of presuppositions, paying particular attention to the interaction between the knowledge resources that are required to interpret them. Expand

Using automatically labelled examples to classify rhetorical relations: an assessment

C. Sporleder, A. Lascarides
Computer Science
Nat. Lang. Eng.
1 July 2008

We test whether automatically labelled, lexically marked examples are really suitable training material for classifiers that are then applied to unmarked examples. Expand

Agreement, Disputes and Commitments in Dialogue

A. Lascarides, Nicholas Asher
Sociology, Computer Science
J. Semant.
1 May 2009

This paper provides a logically precise analysis of agreement and disputes in dialogue. Expand

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