UC is a natural language help facility which advises users in using the UNIX operating
system. Users can query UC about how to do things, command names and formats, online …

Originally published in 1985, the chapters in this volume collectively approach the
phenomenon of questioning from many perspectives. There are studies on question …

The development of a natural language knowledge retrieval (NLKR) system of building an
intelligent help prototype is outlined. The objectives of NLKR systems are defined. A general …

Pragmatics is the branch of linguistics that studies the relations between linguistic
phenomena and aspects of the context of language use. To under stand these relations is of …

Language is always generated and interpreted in a certain context, and the semantic,
syntactic, and lexical properties of linguistic expressions reflect this. Interactive language …

The goal of the Unix Consultant is to provide a natural language help facility that allows new
users to learn operating systems conventions in a relatively painless way. UC is not meant to …

One of the most frequently used avenues for experimenting with natural language
understanding is the creation of front-ends to databases systems. This book gives a …

We present a model for processing English requests for information from a relational data
base. The model has as its main steps (a) locating semantie constituents of a request;(b) …

For the last few years we have observed a growing interest among reseachers about how to
make computers behave “intelligently”. The field of computer science has gained a …

Over the past few years much progress has been made in the data base management
(DBM) area. An indication of the interest in this area is the publication of a large number of …