This state-of-the-art-survey documents the Fluid Construction Grammar (FCG), a new formalism for the representation of lexicons and grammars, which has been used in a wide range of case studies for different languages, both for studying specific grammatical phenomena and design patterns, as for investigating language learning and language evolution. The book focuses on the many complex computational issues that arise when writing challenging real world grammars and hence emphasises depth of analysis rather than broad scope. The volume contains 13 contributions organized in 5 parts from "Basic", and "Implementation", over "Case Studies", and "Formal Analysis", up to 3 papers presenting a "Conclusion".
Author(s): Luc Steels (auth.), Luc Steels (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7249 : Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 331
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages; Language Translation and Linguistics; Pattern Recognition; Programming Techniques; Logics and Meanings of Programs
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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Design Methods for Fluid Construction Grammar....Pages 3-36
Tools for Grammar Engineering....Pages 37-47
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
A Reflective Architecture for Robust Language Processing and Learning....Pages 51-74
Chunking Constructions....Pages 75-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Expressing Grammatical Meaning with Morphology: A Case Study for Russian Aspect....Pages 91-122
Handling Scope in Fluid Construction Grammar: A Case Study for Spanish Modals....Pages 123-142
Complex Declension Systems and Morphology in Fluid Construction Grammar: A Case Study of Polish....Pages 143-177
Field Topology and Information Structure: A Case Study for German Constituent Order....Pages 178-211
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
A Formal Deconstruction of Fluid Construction Grammar....Pages 215-238
A Logic Programming Approach to Parsing and Production in Fluid Construction Grammar....Pages 239-255
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Computational Construction Grammar: Comparing ECG and FCG....Pages 259-288
Fluid Construction Grammar and Feature Constraint Logics....Pages 289-311
Fluid Construction Grammar in the Brain....Pages 312-330
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