A novel method for parsing complex sentences in syntactically free languages

Author

Michos, S.E. ; Fakotakis, N. ; Kokkinakis, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Patras Univ., Greece

fYear

1994

fDate

6-9 Nov 1994

Firstpage

253

Lastpage

259

Abstract

Free word-order languages cause problems when being analysed due to their great composing power and flexibility. The paper deals with the problems stemming from the analysis of complex sentences as well as with the adoption of suitable grammars to parse them in free word-order languages. Based on a careful study of large Greek corpora, we propose a method for parsing complex sentences in such languages that combines heuristic information and pattern matching techniques in early processing levels. Although this method has been implemented and tested in the Greek language, its theoretical background and results are language independent and can be proved useful for many practical applications

Keywords

grammars; natural language interfaces; natural languages; pattern matching; word processing; Greek language; complex sentence parsing; early processing levels; free word-order languages; heuristic information; large Greek corpora; natural language; pattern matching techniques; syntactically free languages; Explosions; Information analysis; Natural languages; Pattern matching; Power generation; Production; Robustness; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 1994. Proceedings., Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6785-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TAI.1994.346483

Filename

346483