Modelling Spatial Knowledge on a Linguistic Basis: Theory - Prototype - Integration

On the basis of a semantic analysis of dimension terms, this book develops a theory about knowledge of spatial objects, which is significant for cognitive linguistics and artificial intelligence. This new approach to knowledge structure evolves in a three—step process: — adoption of the linguistic theory with its elements, principles and representational levels, — implementation of the latter in a Prolog prototype, and — integration of the prototype into a large natural language understandi...