Alexandra Lascarides is a linguist and chair in Semantics in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Her research investigates computational linguistics and artificial intelligence.[1]
Alex Lascarides | |
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| Born | Alexandra Lascarides |
| Alma mater | Durham University (BSc) University of Edinburgh (MSc, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computational Linguistics Semantics Pragmatics[1] |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh |
| Thesis | A formal semantic analysis of the progressive (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Barry Richards[2] |
| Website | homepages |
Early life and education
editLascarides graduated from Durham University where she was a student of Van Mildert College, Durham with a first-class degree in mathematics.[3][4] She moved to the University of Edinburgh for her graduate studies, earning a master's degree in cognitive science in 1985. She stayed at Edinburgh for her doctoral research on semantic analysis.[2]
Research and career
editHer research investigates the semantics of communicative actions in conversation. She explored the science of conversation in the Logics of Conversation, and presented a framework known as Segmented Discourse Representation Theory to better understand linguistics and language.[5]
Select publications
editLascarides’ publications[1][6] include:
- Asher, Nicholas; Lascarides, Alex (2003). Logics of conversation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-65058-5. OCLC 51607413.
- Lascarides, Alex; Asher, Nicholas (1993-10-01). "Temporal interpretation, discourse relations and commonsense entailment". Linguistics and Philosophy. 16 (5): 437–493. doi:10.1007/BF00986208. ISSN 1573-0549.
- Asher, N; Lascarides, Alex (1998-02-01). "Bridging". Journal of Semantics. 15 (1): 83–113. doi:10.1093/jos/15.1.83. ISSN 0167-5133.
- Asher, N; Lascarides, Alex (1998-08-01). "The semantics and pragmatics of presupposition". Journal of Semantics. 15 (3): 239–300. doi:10.1093/jos/15.3.239. ISSN 0167-5133.
Awards and honours
editIn 2023 she was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c Alex Lascarides publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ a b Lascarides, Alexandra (1988). Formal semantic analysis of the progressive. ed.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/6736. OCLC 21008059. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.234152.
- ^ "Results of Final Examinations June 1984". University of Durham Gazette 1983/84. Vol. II (Combined Series). 1984. p. 96. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Alex Lascarides". University of Edinburgh Research Explorer. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "Logics of Conversation | Computational linguistics". Cambridge University Press. June 2015. ISBN 9780521659512. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ Alex Lascarides at DBLP Bibliography Server
- ^ "Professor Alex Lascarides". rse.org.uk. Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2023-04-29.