Marcus Contextual Grammars

1997
ISBN: 978-90-481-4931-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 598 g

Reihe: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

is the first monograph to present a class of grammars introduced about three decades ago, based on the fundamental linguistic phenomenon of strings-contexts interplay (selection). Most of the theoretical results obtained so far about the many variants of contextual grammars are presented with emphasis on classes of questions with relevance for applications in the study of natural language syntax: generative powers, descriptive and computational complexity, automata recognition, semilinearity, structure of the generated strings, ambiguity, regulated rewriting, etc. Constant comparison with families of languages in the Chomsky hierarchy is made. Connections with non-linguistic areas are established, such as molecular computing.
Researchers and students in theoretical computer science (formal language theory and automata theory), computational linguistics, mathematical methods in linguistics, and linguists interested in formal models of syntax.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paun, Gheorghe

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Wissensbasierte Systeme, Expertensysteme
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Computerlinguistik, Korpuslinguistik
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Robotik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Natürliche Sprachen & Maschinelle Übersetzung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Origin and Motivation.- 2. Formal Language Theory Prerequisites.- 3. Contexts (Adjoining) Everywhere.- 4. Basic Classes of Contextual Grammars.- 5. Generative Capacity.- 6. Language Theoretic Properties.- 7. Linguistically Relevant Properties.- 8. Grammars with Restricted Selection.- 9. Grammars with Minimal/Maximal Use of Selectors.- 10. Variants of Contextual Grammars.- 11. Two-Level Contextual Grammars.- 12. Regulated Contextual Grammars.- 13. A Generalization: n-contextual Grammars.- 14. A Dual Model: Insertion Grammars.- 15. Further Topics.- 16. Open Problems and Research Topics.