Lambda Calculus and Formal Grammar

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Workshop held at the National Institute of Informatics
February 18, 2005

This is an informal workshop on the interface between the lambda calculus and formal grammar, with a particular emphasis on the recently proposed grammar formalism known as Abstract Categorial Grammar or Lambda Grammar. The workshop is open to all interested people.

Invited Speakers

Philippe de Groote, INRIA-Lorraine
Sylvain Salvati, INRIA-Lorraine
Reinhard Muskens, Tilburg University

Date and Place

Date:February 18, 2005
Place:Lecture Rooms 1 and 2, 20th floor, National Institute of Informatics (National Center of Sciences Building). (Map and access information.)

When you enter the National Center of Sciences, tell the guard that you are attending the workshop on the 20th floor.

Program

9:45Registration/Opening
10:00Reinhard Muskens, Separating Syntax and Combinatorics in Categorial Grammar
10:50Philippe de Groote, Introduction to Abstract Categorial Grammars
11:40Lunch
13:10Sylvain Salvati, Parsing Abstract Categorial Grammars: Complexity and Algorithms
14:00Ryo Yoshinaka, The Complexity and Generative Capacity of Lexicalized Abstract Categorial Grammars
14:50Coffee
15:10Makoto Kanazawa, Abstract Families of Abstract Categorial Languages
16:00Philippe de Groote, Discourse Representation Theory and Montague Semantics
16:50Break
17:00Reinhard Muskens, Lambda Grammars and Hyperintensionality

For further information, contact me at the following address:

Makoto Kanazawa
kanazawa at nii

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