Title :
Syntactic and semantic analysis of Sinhala: a step towards intelligence computing systems
Author :
Herath, S. ; Ishizaki, S. ; Ikeda, T. ; Anzai, Y. ; Aiso, H.
Author_Institution :
Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Sinhalese is the major language of Sri Lanka, spoken by 15 million people. A Sinhalese syntactic and semantic analysis system has been developed. Grammar rules for Sinhalese phrases, clauses and sentences are formalized, and a Sinhalese dictionary with morphological, syntactic, and semantic features has been developed. The entries to the Sinhalese dictionary are connected to concepts in a conceptual dictionary based on English, Japanese, and Sinhalese
Keywords :
artificial intelligence; glossaries; grammars; languages; linguistics; natural languages; English; Japanese; Sinhalese; Sri Lanka; clauses; conceptual dictionary; grammatical rules; intelligence computing systems; morphological features; phrases; semantic analysis; sentences; syntactic analysis; Algorithm design and analysis; Computational linguistics; Dictionaries; Failure analysis; Intelligent systems; Mood; Morphology; Natural languages; Speech;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control, 1990. Proceedings., 5th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2108-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISIC.1990.128475
