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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457505003321

Autore

Francez Nissim

Titolo

Unification grammars / / Nissim Francez, Shuly Wintner [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-107-22976-6

1-280-48528-0

1-139-22290-2

9786613580269

1-139-21810-7

1-139-21501-9

1-139-22462-X

1-139-22119-1

1-139-01357-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

415.01/51

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Mathematical models

Unification grammar

Lexical-functional grammar

Head-driven phrase structure grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-305) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction; 2. Feature structures; 3. Unification; 4. Unification grammars; 5. Linguistic applications; 6. Computational aspects of unification grammars; 7. Conclusion; Appendixes.

Sommario/riassunto

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.