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Minimal Recursion Semantics An Introduction
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Minimal recursion semantics (MRS) as discussed by the authors is a framework for computational semantics that is suitable for parsing and generation and can be implemented in typed feature structure formalisms, which enables a simple formulation of the grammatical constraints on lexical and phrasal semantics, including the principles of semantic composition.Abstract:
Minimal recursion semantics (MRS) is a framework for computational semantics that is suitable for parsing and generation and that can be implemented in typed feature structure formalisms. We discuss why, in general, a semantic representation with minimal structure is desirable and illustrate how a descriptively adequate representation with a nonrecursive structure may be achieved. MRS enables a simple formulation of the grammatical constraints on lexical and phrasal semantics, including the principles of semantic composition. We have integrated MRS with a broad-coverage HPSG grammar.read more
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Head-driven phrase structure grammar
Ivan A. Sag,Carl Jesse Pollard +1 more
TL;DR: This book presents the most complete exposition of the theory of head-driven phrase structure grammar, introduced in the authors' "Information-Based Syntax and Semantics," and demonstrates the applicability of the HPSG approach to a wide range of empirical problems.
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Constructing Induction Rules for Deductive Synthesis Proofs
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Regularity and Idiomaticity in Grammatical Constructions: The Case of Let Alone
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From Discourse to Logic : Introduction to Modeltheoretic Semantics of Natural Language Formal Logic and Discourse Representation Theory
Hans Kamp,Uwe Reyle +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a construction rule for DRS-Construction for Tensed Sentences, a construction for Plurals I and II, which is used in the present paper.
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Verbmobil : foundations of speech-to-speech translation
TL;DR: Mobile Speech-to-Speech Translation of Spontaneous Dialogs and Verbmobil From a Software Engineering Point of View: System Design and Software Integration.