Showing papers on "Formal grammar published in 1979"
01 Jan 1979
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the Representation of Classificatory and Propositional Lexical Relations in the Human Brain and the role of meaning and context-Dependence in the human brain.
Abstract: Semantics - Mathematics or Psychology?.- Do We Really Need Tenses Other Than Future and Past?.- Context Change, Truth and Competence.- How to Refer with Vague Descriptions.- Concealed Questions.- Questions and Answers.- Comparison and Gradual Change.- Interval Semantics for Some Event Expressions.- Conditional Necessity and Possibility.- A Semantic Analysis of German "Erst".- Meaning and Context-Dependence.- Scorekeeping in a Language Game.- On Pragmatic Demarcation of Language.- Constructive Pragmatics and Semantics.- Explanation and Understanding in the Theory of Language.- A New Approach to Formal Syntax.- Visiting German Relatives.- The Stoic Concept of Anaphora.- Expression and Content in Stoic Linguistic Theory.- Reparer - Reparieren. A Contrastive Study.- SALAT: Machine Translation Via Semantic Representation.- Conceptual Impairment in Aphasia.- On the Representation of Classificatory and Propositional Lexical Relations in the Human Brain.- Events, Instants and Temporal Reference.- Index of Contributors.
288 citations
17 Sep 1979
TL;DR: A test plan generation algorithm is proposed for systems such as process-control systems or transaction-processing systems that is converted to an augmented finite state automaton (fsa) from which a regular grammar is derived.
Abstract: A test plan generation algorithm is proposed for systems such as process-control systems or transaction-processing systems. Input to the algorithm is a description of the functional requirements for a given system. This is converted to an augmented finite state automaton (fsa) from which a regular grammar is derived. The grammar is used to generate test “sentences” each of which describes a sequence of stimuli to be applied to the system under test and responses required of the system under test.
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Proceedings Article•
20 Aug 1979TL;DR: The capabilities of a teachable analogy-based language-independent natural language acquisition System known as PUS, which can be taught, through examples, to understand and acquire the situational aspects of a text, are described.
Abstract: This paper informally describes the capabilities of a teachable analogy-based language-independent natural language acquisition System known as PUS. Its language comprehension is intended to resemble that of pre-achool children in certain significant aspects. It can be taught, through examples, to understand and acquire the situational aspects (i.e., physical objects, agents, their senaori-motor properties and spatial relations) described in a text. It has no built-in knowledge of English or the domain of discourse. Neither it infers any formal grammar of English.
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16 Jul 1979
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