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Search in linguistic processing

  • Joris Bleys , Kevin Stadler and Joachim De Beule
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Design Patterns in Fluid Construction Grammar
This chapter is in the book Design Patterns in Fluid Construction Grammar

Abstract

Almost all words and syntactic patterns in human languages have multiple meanings and functions, requiring parsing and production to explore multiple hypotheses before a definite choice can be made. FCG supports standard heuristic search techniques to set up and manage search spaces and employs user-defined goal tests to verify whether acceptable end states have been reached. This chapter uses simple French phrasal constructions to illustrate both mechanisms. It first provides a worked out example without search and then looks at specific cases where search arises and how it is handled.

Abstract

Almost all words and syntactic patterns in human languages have multiple meanings and functions, requiring parsing and production to explore multiple hypotheses before a definite choice can be made. FCG supports standard heuristic search techniques to set up and manage search spaces and employs user-defined goal tests to verify whether acceptable end states have been reached. This chapter uses simple French phrasal constructions to illustrate both mechanisms. It first provides a worked out example without search and then looks at specific cases where search arises and how it is handled.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Foreword vii
  4. Part I. Introduction
  5. Introducing Fluid Construction Grammar 3
  6. A first encounter with Fluid Construction Grammar 31
  7. Part II. Grammatical structures
  8. A design pattern for phrasal constructions 71
  9. A design pattern for argument structure constructions 115
  10. Part III. Managing processing
  11. Search in linguistic processing 149
  12. Organizing constructions in networks 181
  13. Part IV. Case studies
  14. Feature matrices and agreement 205
  15. Construction sets and unmarked forms 237
  16. Syntactic indeterminacy and semantic ambiguity 265
  17. Part V. Fluidity and robustness
  18. How to make construction grammars fluid and robust 301
  19. Index 331
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.11.09ble

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Foreword vii
  4. Part I. Introduction
  5. Introducing Fluid Construction Grammar 3
  6. A first encounter with Fluid Construction Grammar 31
  7. Part II. Grammatical structures
  8. A design pattern for phrasal constructions 71
  9. A design pattern for argument structure constructions 115
  10. Part III. Managing processing
  11. Search in linguistic processing 149
  12. Organizing constructions in networks 181
  13. Part IV. Case studies
  14. Feature matrices and agreement 205
  15. Construction sets and unmarked forms 237
  16. Syntactic indeterminacy and semantic ambiguity 265
  17. Part V. Fluidity and robustness
  18. How to make construction grammars fluid and robust 301
  19. Index 331
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