This is a consideration of natural language as well as a systematic, scientific explanation of the author's CPP-TRS framework. The book considers natural language as an information state, reflecting inherent complexity, and is presented in four parts. The four parts are: the theoretical background of the author's CPP-TRS theories of both text comprehension and text compression, and the full range of phenomena being handled; the implications, the progressive shifts and the changes in viewing and rethinking language; the visual system in CPP-TRS language and methodology for interpretation of qualitively different components in natural language; and the applications designed by the author and information about the upcoming application developments. The book proceeds towards the organizing of a theoretical framework, based on a way of viewing language, in terms of quantitative and qualitative reasoning about communication via natural language.
Graziella Tonfoni is Research Professor of Computational Linguistics at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Introduction...1 Part One Introduction to CPP-TRS Theory of Text Comprehension and CPP-TRS Theory of Text Compression...3Foreword. Empirical and concephtal foundations. Relation of theory to observation. A "new" framework. A new way of thinking about language: from texture to text. Text Representation Systems. A quantum theory of language. A qualitative communication framework. The "user" becomes "chooser". What if a camera was a human eye? The textual pentagram. Nuclear energy in text processing. The scientist needs to feelresponsible for both theories and applications. Self-observation as a scientifically supported procedure. Some important previous assumptions. Some very important background. On redefining "text". Consistency in new terminology. A productive distinction: deep vs surface. Active energies in text processing. The "Program". Designing all possible applications. A theory of language must be able to work. On cognitive self-reflection. A highly reliable system for operating text. Bridging the gap between Art and Science.Part Two Introduction to Physics of Language...20Communicative attitude, cognitive aptitude and textual actitude. Full exposure and obscuration in text processing. New evidence, new theories and new terminology. Old evidence, new evidence. Abstract theories and mechanical models. Language, Information and Communication. Communicative forces and energies active upon language. A macroscopic view and a microscopic view of language. Cognitive structures, knowledge structures, syntactic structures. Communicative Patterns Recognition. An explanatory theory of Pragmatics. Deep knowledge of the material and mastering of different techniques. Communicative energy and text perception. Mechanical effects of communicative energy. From Theory of Binding to Theory of Bonding without contradictions. A descriptive, explanatory and prescriptive theory of language. Text compression. α,β,γ radioactive information territories. Amplifying perception, and amplifying technonology. Part Three Introduction to Quantum Theory of Language...48CPP-TRS: A Universal Grammar of Linguistic Performance (Recommended to a Linguistics-oriented audience).A New Framework for Describing and Explaining Natural Language Processing. A Text Construction Environment (Recommended to an Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality-oriented audience). Text Processing as Text Composition and Text Execution (Recommended to an Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science-oriented audience). On Visual Text Planning, Processing and Programming (Recommended to an Information Design audience). A CPP-TRS based Environment for Operating Text(Recommended to an Operational Research-oriented audience).A CPP-TRS based E-mail System Architecture (Recommended to the Internet community). Part FourIntroduction to Informative Environments...107Introduction: aims and intention. What is CPP-TRS?-basic information and some definitions. CPP-TRS a flexible standard: explanation of an apparently contradictory statement. The CPP-TRS skilled communicator: a physician, a craftsman and a runner. CPP-TRS: a scientifically based and validated methodology for technical communication and documentation. Visual overview on applications: what has been done and what is being done. Author Biography...115References...117Acknowledgements...123
