A new class of formal languages will be defined the Distributed Index Languages (DI-languages). The grammar-formalism generating the new class - the DI-grammars - cover unbound de...
To account for the semi-freeword order ofFrench, Unification Categorial Grammar is extended in two ways. First, verbal valencies are contained in a set rather than in a list. Seco...
DATR is a declarative language for representing a restricted class of inheritance networks, permitting both multiple and default inheritance. The principal intended area of applic...
It is a tacit assumption of much linguisticinquiry that alldistinctderivations of a string should assign distinct meanings. But despite the tidinessof such derivational uniqueness...
A framework for translating speaker's meaning or intention is proposed based on two notions, Illocutionary Force Types (IFTs) for analysis and Decision Parameters (DPs) for g...