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  <Title>A DISCRETE MODEL OF DEGREE CONCEPT IN NATURAL LANGUAGE</Title>
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5 Conclusion
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    <Paragraph position="0"> This pa.per has present(!d ~ new model for degree concepts in na.l, ur;d langtutge. The characteristics for the model are: (1) The discrete degree primitives. (2) Tim list represent~tion of degree concepts. (;3) q'iu', duaJ list, representa.tion \[br possibilities of Conw~rs~tiona.1 hnplica.tuft. (4) The intersection operation on the list for realizing t;nt;a.ihnent of two concepts. (5) The negaPSiol| ol)era.tions on the dua.1 list to &lt;dculaw~ a,ll the possil)le interl)reta.\[ions of nega.tion of degree concepts.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> The model describes, cah:nhttes, ;utd eXlflah&gt; a, wide.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> r~u~ge of linguist, it l)hcllotnelta, related to degree cm&gt; eepts, such as (\]) Mo(lillc:~tion lh~strictions between degree intensifiers and (h'gre(~ words ~mross i);xrts of speech. (2) All tam l)OSslble aw;wers to a question which c.ontains a. qua ntit;aMve word. (3) All the po&gt; sil)le hlterl~retatious of w'tg~tioa of quantitative words.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="3"> (4) 3'Ira diti'erenee 1)C/~t;ween 'few' and % Jew.' (5) 't'he Vtl~llel\[ess o12 e/tl)ll(?llliSni t)\[ lt(~ga, l;it)ltS of dcgr(,e wOl:ds~ stteh ils eliot llI~t, lly' altcl in()t. ;t t'ew.' ((J) ~\['he difficulty elf a.pi)lying negation fitr stmte (lnanl.il.a.tive WOL'(\[S, Sl/ch People use a lot of degrt~e words and communicam~ wii.h each othc'r in da.ily life, even when qua.ntities which are exprcsstxl by thenl ma.y trot \])e precisely understood. '\['he authors I.herefore think tlmt natural la.nguage in itself has ;t I)ISCItETI3 framework of degree. concel)t , and tha.t 1)(tth the Sl)eaker aud tit(.' hearer IlIIIsL ha,ve a COI|IIlIOlt fr3,11te of lllldel'stallding~ before holdhtg at. sl)ecific conversa.tiou. 'l)t) under.M.a.nd degree coneel)ts ix to understand their relative positions in a discret;e t'rz~nw, of unde.r.~tandS.iW;. 'Phis is the authors' viewpoin(; Olt (\[(!gl'oe cOllct~pt COllllll/lnication.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="4"> '.i?he corresl)ond(mce 1)ctween the Fnglish woM %t= t, en' ~utd the ,ltq)anese wor, l 'shihashib;C/ has been estM)lished a, nd is genera.lly conced('d as 1)tint ai)prol)riate. llowever, th;~g is not jltst be(:a.use these two words refer to the same rea.l qua.ntity. \'Vh;tt is (:OlnlilOli l)(;tw(~t;n the. two is rehtfive position in the multi-window device. 't'h~t establish(:s the correspondence, for the nmanhlgs o\[' the two.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="5"> This mt)del also describes ph(utom(m~v related to 'OIU in logic a, nd 'or' in m~turM language. This suggests theft the model represents substantial structures in mttural la.ngu~tge and is ~t suitalJle tool for naturM l~nguage understanding. The authors holm that this model will be one of the possible extensions of the first-order Logic.</Paragraph>
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