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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> <Paper uid="C94-2166"> <Title>A Dutch to SQL database interface using C4cnc, e lized Quantifier Theory</Title> <Section position="1" start_page="0" end_page="0" type="abstr"> <SectionTitle> Abstract </SectionTitle> <Paragraph position="0"> This paper presents the treatment, of quantitication as it was imI)lemented in a prototyl)c of a natural language relational database interface for l)utch 1. It is shown how the theoretical 'generalized (tuantifier' apl);tratlts introduced in formM semantics by Barwise and (\]oot)er can be I, uned to irrq)lementational feasi&quot; ( bility. (,ompm ~d to the t, raditional tl'(~atl'flellt of (luan tilication, tile alternative l)rcs('nted here offers gre;tl;er ext)ressive l)ower, great,re' similarity to natural language and, as ~t consequoxmo., the possibility o\[' a more straighl,forward tral,slation from natural language to tbrmal repres('.ntation.</Paragraph> </Section> class="xml-element"></Paper>