Objective The main aim of this project is to investigate presupption, conversational implacuture, context and other main phenomena of the language use (Pragmatics) by means of formal logical tools: nonmonotonic logics, defaults, preferences, logical matrices, logical consequences operation. Semantic investigations of this project will be based on new upper-level onthology - intended to be competitive with respect to set-theoretic ontology, it will take into account paraconsistent and many-valued aspect of the language use phenomena. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesknowledge engineeringontology Programme(s) FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002) Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships) Coordinator UNIVERSITAET LEIPZIG EU contribution No data Address Augustplatz 10-11 04109 LEIPZIG Germany See on map Total cost No data