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--- abstract: We argue for a compositional semantics grounded in a strongly typed ontology that reflects our commonsense view of the world and the way we talk about it. Assuming such a structure we show that the semantics of various natural language phenomena may become nearly trivial. altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Saba given: Walid honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2007-05 date_type: published datestamp: 2007-05-19 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/55/44 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 5544 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/5544/1/ool_saba.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: unpub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'Ontology, Commonsense Knowledge, Semantics' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:50 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: FALSE publication: ~ publisher: ~ refereed: FALSE referencetext: | Asher, N. and Pustejovsky, J. (2005), Word Meaning and Commonsense Metaphysics, available from semanticsarchive.net Bateman, J. A. (1995), On the Relationship between Ontology Construction and Natural Language: A Socio-Semiotic View, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 43, pp. 929-944. Cocchiarella, N. B. (2001), Logic and Ontology, Axiomathes, 12, pp. 117-150. Davidson, D. (1980), Essays on Actions and Events, Oxford: Clarendon Press. Dummett. M. (1991), The Logical Basis of Metaphysics, Duckworth, London. Guarino, N. (1955), Formal Ontology in Conceptual Analysis and Knowledge Representation, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 43 (5/6), Academic Press. Hirst, G. (1991), Existence Assumptions in Knowledge Representation, Artificial Intelligence, 49 (3), pp. 199-242. Hobbs, J. (1985), Ontological Promiscuity, In Proc. of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Assoc. for Computational Linguistics, pp. 61-69, Chicago, Illinois, 1985. Lenat, D. B., Guha, R. V., 1990. Building Large Knowledge-Based Systems: Representation & Inference in the CYC Project. Addison-Wesley. Montague, R. (1960), On the Nature of certain Philosophical Entities, The Monist, 53, pp. 159-194. Rais-Ghasem, M. and Corriveua, J.-P. (1998), Exampler-Based Sense Modulation, In Proceedings of COLING-ACL '98 Workshop on The Computational Treatment of Nominals. Saba, W. S. (2007), Language, Logic and Ontology - Uncovering the Structure of Commonsense Knowledge, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, in press, doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2007.02.002. Smith, B. (2005), Against Fantology, In M. E. Reicher and J. C. Marek (Eds.), Experience and Analysis, pp. 153-170, Vienna: HPT&OBV. Sowa, J.F., 1995. Knowledge Representation: Logical Philosophical, and Computational Foundations. PWS Publishing Company, Boston. van Deemter, K., Peters, S. 1996. (Eds.), Semantic Ambiguity and Underspecification. CSLI, Stanford, CA relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 17:10:39 subjects: - comp-sci-lang - phil-lang - ling-comput - ling-sem - phil-mind - phil-logic - ling-prag - comp-sci-speech - phil-metaphys succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: A Note on Ontology and Ordinary Language type: other userid: 6983 volume: ~