Grammar Customization

E.M. Bender, Scott Drellishak, A.S. Fokkens, Laurie Poulson, Safiyyah Saleem

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Abstract

This paper presents the LinGO Grammar Matrix grammar customization system, a web-based service which elicits typological descriptions of languages and outputs customized grammar fragments which are ready for sustained development into broad-coverage grammars. We describe the infrastructure we have developed to support grammar customization as well as the current set of linguistic phenomena addressed, reflect on what we have learned about a methodology for this style of multilingual grammar engineering, and evaluate the typological breadth of the system by using it to create grammars for seven languages from seven different language families.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)23-72
Number of pages49
JournalResearch on Language and Computation
Volume8
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • grammar engineering
  • HPSG
  • syntax
  • typology

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