Download or read book Computational Structure of GPSG Models written by Eric Sven Ristad and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary goal of this report is to demonstrate how considerations from computational complexity theory can inform grammatical theorizing. To this end, generalized phrase structure grammar (GPSG) linguistic theory is revised so that its power more closely matches the limited ability of an ideal speaker--hearer: GPSG Recognition is EXP-POLY time hard, while Revised GPSG Recognition is NP-complete. A second goal is to provide a theoretical framework within which to better understand the wide range of existing GPSG models, embodied in formal definitions as well as in implemented computer programs. A grammar for English and an informal explanation of the GPSG/RGPSG syntactic features are included in appendices.
Download or read book Computational Structure of GPSG Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar Models Revised Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A central goal of mathematical linguistics is to precisely determine the power of a linguistic theory. Traditionally, formal language theory (the Chomsky hierarchy) and its generative power analyses have translated this question into the narrower question of how unrestricted the rule format of a theory is. Modern computational complexity theory offers another, more useful, translation: how much of what computational resources does a theory consume? Complexity theory also offers a new perspective on descriptive adequacy. In a descriptively adequate linguistic theory, the structural descriptions and computational power of the theory match those of an ideal speaker-hearer. The primary goal of this paper is to demonstrate how considerations from computational complexity theory can inform grammatical theorizing. To this end, the paper revises generalized phrase structure grammar (GPSG) linguistic theory so that its computational power more closely matches the limited computational ability of an ideal speaker-hearer. A second goal is to provide a theoretical framework within which to better understand the wide range of GPSG models that have appeared in the theoretical and computational linguistics literature, embodied in formal definitions as well as in implemented computer programs.
Download or read book Computation Structure of GPSG Models written by Eric Sven Ristad and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary goal of this paper is to demonstrate how considerations from computational complexity theory can inform grammatical theorizing. To this end, the paper revises generalized phrase structure grammar (GPSG) linguistic theory so that its computational power more closely matches the limited computational ability of an ideal speaker-hearer. A second goal is to provide a theoretical framework within which to better understand the wide range of GPSG models that have appeared in the theoretical and computational linguistics literature, embodied in formal definitions as well as in implemented computer programs.
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Download or read book The Language Complexity Game written by Eric Sven Ristad and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work elucidates the structure and complexity of human language in terms of the mathematics of information and computation. It strengthens Chomsky's early work on the mathematics of language, with the advantages of a better understanding of language and a more precise theory of structural complexity. Ristad argues that language is the process of constructing linguistic representations from the forms produced by other cognitive modules and that this process is NP-complete. This NP-completeness is defended with a phalanx of elegant and revealing proofs that rely only on the empirical facts of linguistic knowledge and on the uncontroverted assumption that these facts generalize in a reasonable manner. For this reason, these complexity results apply to all adequate linguistic theories and are the first to do so. Eric Sven Ristad is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. He is the coauthor of Computational Complexity and Natural Language. Contents:Foundation of the Investigation. Anaphora. Ellipsis. Phonology. Syntactic Agreement and Lexical Ambiguity. Philosophical Issues.
Download or read book Unification Grammars written by Nissim Francez and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammars of natural languages can be expressed as mathematical objects, similar to computer programs. Such a formal presentation of grammars facilitates mathematical reasoning with grammars (and the languages they denote), as well as computational implementation of grammar processors. This book presents one of the most commonly used grammatical formalisms, Unification Grammars, which underlies contemporary linguistic theories such as Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) and Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG). The book provides a robust and rigorous exposition of the formalism that is both mathematically well-founded and linguistically motivated. While the material is presented formally, and much of the text is mathematically oriented, a core chapter of the book addresses linguistic applications and the implementation of several linguistic insights in unification grammars. Dozens of examples and numerous exercises (many with solutions) illustrate key points. Graduate students and researchers in both computer science and linguistics will find this book a valuable resource.
Download or read book Foundations of the Formal Sciences II written by Benedikt Löwe and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Foundations of the Formal Sciences" (FotFS) is a series of interdisciplinary conferences in mathematics, philosophy, computer science and linguistics. The main goal is to reestablish the traditionally strong links between these areas of research that have been lost in the past decades. The second conference in the series had the subtitle "Applications of Mathematical Logic in Philosophy and Linguistics" and brought speakers from all parts of the Formal Sciences together to give a holistic view of how mathematical methods can improve our philosophical and technical understanding of language and scientific discourse, ranging from the theoretical level up to applications in language recognition software. Audience: This volume is of interest to all formal philosophers and theoretical linguists. In addition to that, logicians interested in the applications of their field and logic students in mathematics, computer science, philosophy and linguistics can use the volume to broaden their knowledge of applications of logic.
Download or read book A Computational Model of Natural Language Communication written by Roland R. Hausser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideal of using human language to control machines requires a practical theory of natural language communication that includes grammatical analysis of language signs, plus a model of the cognitive agent, with interfaces for recognition and action, an internal database, and an algorithm for reading content in and out. This book offers a functional framework for theoretical analysis of natural language communication and for practical applications of natural language processing.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Computational Linguistics written by Ruslan Mitkov and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook of computational linguistics, written for academics, graduate students and researchers, provides a state-of-the-art reference to one of the most active and productive fields in linguistics.
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Download or read book Introduction to Computational Linguistics and its use for medical translations in the universities of Health Sciences written by Dr. Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Sajid and published by Dr. Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Sajid. This book was released on 2023-08-02 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written by Dr. Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Sajid on computational linguistics and its use for medical translations in the universities of health sciences. This book has 15 chapters, 103 pages with a title and back cover page which describes the bio of Dr. Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Sajid who is the main and key author of this book. Dr. Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Sajid has a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Universiti Malaysia Pahang and is a Post-doc Fellow. Being an international scholar and educationist, he has over 20 years of English teaching experience in Pakistani and Saudi Arabian Universities. He also taught in UAE, Malaysia, and Sultanate of Oman. He had been a lecturer at Qassim University. He also worked as a faculty member at King Faisal University. He was an Academic Coordinator in Army College Rawalpindi and a lecturer at Pakistan Airforce College, Islamabad. Presently, he is working as English faculty in the College of Applied Medical Sciences, English Department, King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia. His high-quality research papers were published in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, USA, Canada, Turkey, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Philippines. He is also a recommended research writer and an author of Scopus, Web of Science. Having high Google Scholar citations, he is also a member of the research board and a reviewer of many international, Scopus and Web of Science journals. Moreover, he is also an English article writer and founder of the Applied Linguistics Group.
Download or read book Handbook of Pragmatics written by Jef Verschueren and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 1906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Manual section of the Handbook of Pragmatics, produced under the auspices of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), is a collection of articles describing traditions, methods, and notational systems relevant to the field of linguistic pragmatics; the main body of the Handbook contains all topical articles. The first edition of the Manual was published in 1995. This second edition includes a large number of new traditions and methods articles from the 24 annual installments of the Handbook that have been published so far. It also includes revised versions of some of the entries in the first edition. In addition, a cumulative index provides cross-references to related topical entries in the annual installments of the Handbook and the Handbook of Pragmatics Online (at https://benjamins.com/online/hop/), which continues to be updated and expanded. This second edition of the Manual is intended to facilitate access to the most comprehensive resource available today for any scholar interested in pragmatics as defined by the International Pragmatics Association: “the science of language use, in its widest interdisciplinary sense as a functional (i.e. cognitive, social, and cultural) perspective on language and communication.”
Download or read book Computation of Language written by Roland Hausser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of linguistics has been forever changed by the advent of the computer. Not only does the machine permit the processing of enormous quantities of text thereby securing a better empirical foundation for conclusions-but also, since it is a modelling device, the machine allows the implementation of theories of grammar and other kinds of language processing. Models can have very unexpected properties both good and bad-and it is only through extensive tests that the value of a model can be properly assessed. The computer revolution has been going on for many years, and its importance for linguistics was recognized early on, but the more recent spread of personal workstations has made it a reality that can no longer be ignored by anyone in the subject. The present essay, in particular, could never have been written without the aid of the computer. I know personally from conversations and consultations with the author over many months how the book has changed. If he did not have at his command a powerful typesetting program, he would not have been able to see how his writing looked and exactly how it had to be revised and amplified. Even more significant for the evolution of the linguistic theory is the easy testing of examples made possible by the implementation of the parser and the computer-held lexicon. Indeed, the rule set and lexicon grew substantially after the successes of the early implementations created the desire to incorporate more linguistic phenomena.
Download or read book Current Issues in Mathematical Linguistics written by C. Martín-Vide and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume contains some selected topics of current interest around the world in the mathematical analysis of natural language. The book is divided into four sections:- analytical algebraic models- models from the theory of formal grammars and automata, with interest mainly in syntax- model-theoretic concepts in semantics or pragmatics, and- a final section containing some applications in computational linguistics.The varied perspectives illustrated in the book confirm that Mathematical Linguistics has finally introduced scientific methods into a previously fuzzy field, through the use of mathematical reasoning. The text will contribute to a fruitful convergence between linguists, mathematicians, logicians, computer scientists, cognitive scientists and others interested in the formal treatment of natural language and the research of its properties.
Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Linguistics written by William J. Frawley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 2218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, 2nd Edition encompasses the full range of the contemporary field of linguistics, including historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, and philosophical linguistics with special attention given to interrelations within branches of linguistics and to relations of linguistics with other disciplines. Areas of intersection with the social and behavioral sciences--ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and behavioral linguistics--receive major coverage, along with interdisciplinary work in language and literature, mathematical linguistics, computational linguistics, and applied linguistics. Longer entries in the International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, ranging up to four thousand words, survey the major fields of study--for example, anthropological linguistics, history of linguistics, semantics, and phonetics. Shorter entries treat specific topics within these fields, such as code switching, sound symbolism, and syntactic features. Other short entries define and discuss technical terms used within the various subfields or provide sketches of the careers of important scholars in the history of linguistics, such as Leonard Bloomfield, Roman Jakobson, and Edward Sapir. A major portion of the work is its extensive coverage of languages and language families. From those as familiar as English, Japanese, and the Romance languages to Hittite, Yoruba, and Nahuatl, all corners of the world receive treatment. Languages that are the subject of independent entries are analyzed in terms of their phonology, grammatical features, syntax, and writing systems. Lists attached to each article on a language group or family enumerate all languages, extinct or still spoken, within that group and provide detailed information on the number of known speakers, geographical range, and degree of intelligibility with other languages in the group. In this way, virtually every known language receives coverage. For ease of reference and to aid research, the articles are alphabetically arranged, each signed by the contributor, supported by up-to-date bibliographies, line drawings, maps, tables, and diagrams, and readily accessible via a system of cross-references and a detailed index and synoptic outline. Authoritative, comprehensive, and innovative, the 2nd edition of the International Encyclopedia of Linguistics will be an indispensable addition to personal, public, academic, and research libraries and will introduce a new generation of readers to the complexities and concerns of this field of study.
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