?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Use+of+Situation+Theory+in+Context+Modeling&rft.creator=Akman%2C+Varol&rft.creator=Surav%2C+Mehmet&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Computational+Linguistics&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Logic&rft.description=At+the+heart+of+natural+language+processing+is+the+understanding+of+context+dependent+meanings.+This+paper+presents+a+preliminary+model+of+formal+contexts+based+on+situation+theory.+It+also+gives+a+worked-out+example+to+show+the+use+of+contexts+in+lifting%2C+i.e.%2C+how+propositions+holding+in+a+particular+context+transform+when+they+are+moved+to+another+context.+This+is+useful+in+NLP+applications+where+preserving+meaning+is+a+desideratum.&rft.date=1997-08&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F460%2F2%2Fcipaper.ps&rft.identifier=++Akman%2C+Varol+and+Surav%2C+Mehmet++(1997)+The+Use+of+Situation+Theory+in+Context+Modeling.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F460%2F